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SMART Tourism and Responsible Travel 

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SMART Tourism and Responsible Travel
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Overview

Discover the fundamentals of responsible travel and learn how smart technology can help inform sustainable travel choices.

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

SMART Tourism and Responsible Travel
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SMART Tourism and Responsible Travel
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Highlights

  • Earn a certificate upon completion
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SMART Tourism and Responsible Travel
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FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • On this four-week course, you’ll learn how to offset negative impacts by making responsible travel choices
  • You’ll also discover how digital and smart technology is impacting sustainable travel practices in global contexts
  • You’ll then contrast this by examining the benefits of tourism when governed responsibly
  • You’ll learn how new and emerging technology such as apps, VR, and AR are revolutionising the travel and tourism industries in exciting and innovative ways
  • With this knowledge, you’ll be able to adapt your future travel behaviours, understanding which technologies will help drive responsible travel
  • By the end of this course, you’ll be able to offset negative travel consequences, where possible, by using technology-driven decision making that benefits your destination and its people
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SMART Tourism and Responsible Travel
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

So what's the problem with tourism anyway?

Introduction

The scale and scope of the issue

The anti-tourism debate

Tourists behaving badly

Can we do things differently?

The counter-argument

Tourism benefits everyone, everywhere, or does it?

Tourism as a force for good?

The practices of a responsible traveller

How data makes a difference

Information informs behaviour

The role of SMART tourism

Cases in SMART tourism

Time to change!

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