[Seminar] Driving Sustainable Tourism Through Data

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Tourism can contribute to the achievement of the United Nation¡¯s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ¨D

Center for Tourism Research (CTR), Wakayama University, will hold s Seminar Series ¡®Tourism and SDGs¡¯ throughout 2018 under our mission; contribute to the development of a sound and sustainable society through the advancement of tourism research. Dr. Graham Miller will introduce a data-driven approach to sustainable tourism and argue the current situation for further progress.

*This seminar will be conducted in English.
*No registration, no registration fee required.

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Theme

CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.4
Driving Sustainable Tourism through Data

The transition towards a more sustainable tourism sector is one that has relied heavily on consumers providing the initial catalyst or tourism business owners ¡®doing the right thing¡¯. However, while there are signs that some tourists can provide a motivation for travel and tourism companies to revise their products and there are altruistic owners of companies who act beyond the market imperative, the sector has adopted a simplistic approach to measuring the sustainability of travel and tourism. This presentation will give examples of a more data-driven approach to sustainable tourism that uses data drawn from the global and regional scale, as well as corporations. It will demonstrate that there are considerable gaps in what is not known about the sector, challenge conventional thinking about tourism and where it is considered to make a positive contribution, and identify examples of progress being made.

Date

Tuesday, 18 September, 2018

Time

16:30¡«18:00

Venue

CTR Conference Room 107, Bldg. West 1, Wakayama University
(Sakaedani 930, Wakayama-city)

Speaker

Dr. Graham Miller
£¨Deputy Director, Center for Tourism Research, Distinguished University Professor of Wakayama University / Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Surrey, UK£©

Contact

Center for Tourism Research
Wakayama University

Sakaedani 930, Wakayama-city 640-8510, JAPAN

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