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NRRT 600 - Tourism Industry Concepts and Practices

  • 2 credits

Explores nature-based tourism and the planning and management of experiences and impacts. Review the tourism system as it is applied in the natural resource setting, define and describe outdoor recreation motivations, describe the covenants and institutions that govern international development globally, and apply the measurement of supply, demand, and economic impact in the natural-based tourism realm. Apply these techniques in a comprehensive planning and compliance activities.

Course Objectives:

  • To increase awareness of the multi-layered essence of tourism phenomena
  • To improve understanding of main principles for developing tourism experiences
  • To develop skills of how to base decision-making processes in the tourism industry of theoretical foundations and a systemic approach to develop human motivations and environment influence industry trends

Prerequisite

Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate (GR) OR Professional (PR)

Instructors

Sunshine Swetnam
Sunshine Swetnam

sunshine.swetnam@colostate.edu

Dr. Sunshine Swetnam is a Colorado Native, long time skier, wilderness lover, and educator who believes in the empowerment of others. She is learner-centered, with the philosophy of stewardship at her core. She hopes to educate more people about the environment, the earth, and sustainability with the intent that they fall in love enough to want to take care of our home. She has worked in the ski industry as a ski instructor and in middle management as an assistant ski school director at Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff, Arizona and Mount Aleyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska.