Tourism and SDGs

Tourism can contribute to the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ―

Center for Tourism Research (CTR), Wakayama University under its mission aims to contribute to the development of a sound and sustainable society through the advancement of tourism research. Recognizing the importance of sustainability, the concept and related activities of SDGs are actively promoted through diverse range of research activities including CTR funding scheme, the CTR Seminar Series ‘Tourism and SDGs’ and dissemination of UNWTO publications as an affiliate member.

CTR Seminar Series

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Date	Title	Speaker
Friday, 11 May, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.1 Sport Tourism Development: Considering Sustainability	Dr. Tom Hinch
Wednesday, 23 May, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.2 Sustainable Development Goals - Academic collaboration with the tourism industry and local communities	Dr. Anna Leask
Friday, 8 June, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.3 Reducing Vulnerability for International Tourists and the Japanese Tourism Industry: Towards a Tourist Hazard Information System	Dr. Brent W. Ritchie
Friday, 22 June, 2018	Skype Seminar Tourism for SDGs（Flyer／PDF file）	Mr. Jonatan Gómez-Punzón
Tuesday, 18 September, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.4 Driving Sustainable Tourism through Data	Dr. Graham Miller
Tuesday, 30 October, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.5 Relationships of Japanese Soldiers and Northern Thai People: Oral History-Based War Museum Development on Dark Tourism	Dr. Amnaj Khaokrueamuang
Friday, 16 November, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.6 Dark Tourism: A route to peace and reconciliation?	Dr. Richard Sharpley
Tuesday, 27 November, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.7 Resident Sentiment of Tourism: Construct and Model Development	Dr. Cathy Hsu
Friday, 14 December, 2018	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.8 Tourism and Bigdate (*Japanese only)	Mr. Takashi Iwasaki, Dr. Akihiko Hasegawa, Dr. Tatsuo Oi
Friday, 11 January, 2019	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.9 Natural heritage management and ecotourism in the Anthropocene	Dr. Abhik Chakraborty
Thursday, 24 January, 2019	CTR Seminar Series 2018 - Tourism and SDGs - Vol.10 Surfing “contaminated” seas: Life and polluted leisure in the wake of Fukushima’s triple-disaster	Dr. Adam Doering
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Research projects

Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted at the UN Summit in September 2015. SDGs aim to end all forms of poverty with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection (from United Nations).
For further information, please visit: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/