One Planet Vision for the Responsible Recovery of the Tourism Sector: A Framework for Resilient and

Presentations should be submitted electronically in PowerPoint format.  If we are unable to run presentations in the classroom they will be run live on MS Teams.

You will need to submit the Power Point files to Turnitin. You must then use these files to deliver the live presentation on MS Teams.

Assessment Task

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted tourism destinations worldwide in different ways and with varying degrees of magnitude. By April 2020 international arrivals had fallen by 44% overall. Although there signs of recovery the UNWTO predicts that international tourists will fall by a total of 850m – 1.1trillion compared to 2019 with an attendant loss of US$910b to US$ 1.2t in export revenues and 100 to 120 million jobs at risk.

The UNWTO claims that the pandemic crisis reinforces the need to strengthen the ‘resilience’ and ‘sustainability’ of the tourism sector.  Accordingly, it has called for a ‘responsible’ recovery of the tourism sector from the COVID-19 crisis. TO this end it has published a report - One Planet Vision for the Responsible Recovery of the Tourism Sector which aims to support the development and implementation of recovery plans which contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement.

With reference to at least two of the six priority lines of action outlined in the afore-mentioned report as a framework, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, you must:

·Prepare a brief review and critique of the report and its principal argument;

·Provide a concise analysis of the challenges and opportunities for rebuilding tourism in a destination of your choice;

·Identify specific areas where critical intervention and reform are needed in order to help rebuild the destination along more resilient and sustainable lines.   

Assessment Instructions

Please prepare and design a presentation for your chosen destination. Your presentation should include the following:

·A brief analysis and critique of the UNWTO report - One Planet Vision for the Responsible Recovery of the Tourism Sector

·A clear and concise outline of your chosen destination; its principal assets/attributes, including relevant economic and tourism data, key resources and attributes, key indicators related to the existing scale and composition of tourism provision, infrastructure and amenities.

·A concise summary of the principal effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the destination.

·Identify specific areas where critical intervention and reform are needed in order to help rebuild the destination along more resilient and sustainable lines.   

Assessment Task Requirements

·Integrate the above with at least two of the priority lines of action and the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals(s).

·Your presentation should be in Power Point format. There is a simple audio function for you to add the voice over (see below)

·Please ensure that you include a clear title page (including name and student ID), followed by an Introduction/outline, and a list of references at the end.

·The title page should contain a suitable name for your presentation, the module code and the name/ID# of all group members.

·There is no prescribed word count but remember not to use too many slides for your presentation nor to clutter them with excessive text, images and/or tables.

·You may add further contextual information or text in the Notes section.

·Please remember to use ‘in-slide referencing’ (Harvard Referencing style) where relevant on the slides themselves.

Learning Outcomes assessed in this assignment:

3.Evaluate and critique a range of policies, strategies and management approaches designed to achieve sustainable tourism.

4.Analyse and critically evaluate the factors contributing to the success or failure of sustainable tourism development and management, and make appropriate recommendations to address these.

5.Appreciate and critically assess the advantages and disadvantages associated with various forms of tourism development in relation to destination economy and environments.

6.Appreciate and develop strategies to address the challenges and opportunities of making the case for sustainability and CSR in a business and/or destination setting

7.To develop a reasoned and coherent argument, comparing and contrasting a range of theoretical viewpoints in relation to empirical evidence.

8.Identify, collect and synthesise a range of theoretical and empirical data and to communicate it in a clear, concise and effective presentation format.

4.  Assessment Criteria

Has a clear rationale for the selection of the location been given?

Have the relevant parameters of the destination economy and its tourism sector been outlined and explained?

Sustainability issues and challenges arising from the pandemic

Has the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the destination been clearly identified and explained?

Have specific areas where critical intervention and reform are needed in order to help rebuild the destination along more resilient and sustainable lines been clearly identified and explained?

Have the challenges facing the sustainable rebuilding of the destination been clearly explained?

Is the analysis aligned with the priorities of action identified in the UNWTO’s ‘One Planet Vision’ report?

Has the analysis been developed with reference to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals?

Evidence of Research (academic and empirical):

Is the presentation well-referenced and integrated with the necessary supporting evidence and data to provide a convincing and credible argument?

Is the analysis been underpinned by academic ideas and concepts: a clear understanding of ‘sustainable’ and ‘resilient’ tourism drawn from the academic literature?

Quality of presentation

·Quality of visuals/formatting

·Clarity of delivery

·Engagement and interaction with audience  

·Organisation and sequence of slides