QUESTION 1

Tourism, projected onto its anticipated growth, requires an urgent integration of preventive approaches in all tourism strategies, growth plans and actions at all levels of governance and organization, in order to shun the risk of ‘too much tourism killing tourism'. As a result, the notion of sustainable development (sustainability) emerged to ensure the long-term sustainability of destinations.

a) Vitally define the concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism development.

b) Using relevant instances to illustrate your arguments critically analyze and discuss the altered dimensions of sustainable community tourism development.

QUESTION 2

Tour operators nowadays play a very significant role in creating the images of destinations. In this global capacity, they can considerably influence the long-term sustainability of destinations.

Critically analyze and discuss the relationships and results of tour operators upon the sustainability of tourism destinations. Illustrate your answer with relevant instances.

QUESTION 3

Research targeting tourism impacts on host communities have recurrently adopted the Social Exchange Theory, the Doxey's Irridex Model and the Tourism Area Life Cycle as theoretical frameworks for developing an understanding of residents' attitudes towards tourism.

Using relevant instances to illustrate your answer, decisively review these theoretical frameworks.

QUESTION 4

Tourism has become a development tool for many rural and more isolated areas to supplement traditional industries that are often in decline. The integration of tourism as a substitute source may help to sustain local economies and encourage local development.

Significantly discuss the factors necessary for sustainable and successful rural tourism development.