SFR 493 - Sustainable Tourism Planning

The course provides a basis for a tourism destination service learning project involving natural and cultural attractions. The project will involve developing, facilitating, evaluating and documenting the tourism destination planning process. Specific topics include tourism potential evaluation, tourism sociocultural and environmental impacts, community-based tourism planning, tourism regional and site planning, and strategic tourism planning. The course requires field trips within and outside of scheduled class periods. (Because of overlap SFR 493 and SFR 593 cannot both be taken for degree credit).

Core Curriculum/Core Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone

Prerequisites: Senior Standing in PRT or permission.

Course Typically Offered: Fall

Credits: 3