Environmental Economics in Tourism

 

 

CHARACTERISTICS

Year/semester: 1/2 ECTS: 6 

 

TEACHING STAFF

Lecturer: MIHALIC

Teaching assistant: KNEŽEVIC CVELBAR

 

AIMS OF THE SUBJECT

The aim of the subject is to present general environmental theories on environmental damage and instruments for its minimisation, based on general environmental theories applied to the tourism field. The subject will also give an insight in understanding of the tools for developing sustainable tourism. The target group that can find subject interesting are tourism planners in the tourism industry or public administrators at the national and local levels who deal with tourism development issues. The emphasis of the subject is on economy dimension.

 

COURSE SYLLABUS

1. Introduction
2. Tourism
3. Tourism impacts
   • Impacts on economic environment
   • Impacts on natural environment
   • Impacts on cultural environment
   • Impacts on social environment
4. Environmental theories on the existence and prevention of environmental damage
5. Environmental policy in tourism
6. Instruments of environmental policy and their application to tourism
   • Administrative instruments
   • Fiscal instruments
   • Market instruments
7. Monitoring of environmental impacts and indicators
8. Applicability of environmental policy
9. Case studies

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• C. Kaspar, T. Mihalic: Umweltökonomie im Tourismus. Paul Haupt, Bern,1995.
• T. Mihalic:. Economic instruments of environmental tourism policy derived from environmental theories. V: FENNELL, David A., DOWLING, R. K. Ecotourism policy. Wallingford: CABI, 2002, pg. 99-120.
• T. Mihalic: Tourism and its Environments: ecological, economic and political sustainability issues. Ljubljana: Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
• Study materials available on the web page reserved for the subject.

 

COURSE COMPETENCES

 

The students will understand general environmental theories on environmental damage and distinguish among different tourism concepts. They will be able to adopt sustainable tourism development principles into a state/regional/destination tourism strategy and policy. Students will also be able to solve environment related business problem by selecting and implementing different environmental policy instruments.