'Sustainability principles refer to the environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects of tourism development, and a suitable balance must be established between these three dimensions to guarantee its long-term sustainability'

World Tourism Organisation, 2004

Sustainable tourism is clearly a complex and diverse issue, which as the world develops, will become an increasingly significant part of a growing tourism industry.

This series of activities aims to give students an understanding of the following:

• what sustainable tourism means in practice
• the impacts of tourism
• what choices are necessary for tourism to be sustainable in the future in different environments
• the changing face of tourism