COMA 603: COASTAL TOURISM

This course aims at providing knowledge and understanding of coastal systems and their importance in tourism whilst putting in strategies for their sustainable development. The student will study tourism (nature, spatial dimension and driving force); Coastal systems and sustainable development; Sustainable coastal tourism development; Coastal Ecotourism; Livelihood System (i.e. Resources-based and Non Resources-based); Socio-economic driving forces; Stages of development processes; Integrated analysis (social and ecological); Modelling environmental load from tourism; Sustainable and decision tools for coastal tourism; Case studies.