Towards Sustainability and Resilience in Tourism and Hospitality 2

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between crises, resilience and sustainability in the context of tourism and hospitality
• Describe different ways and spaces in which crises occur that impact tourism and hospitality
• Demonstrate an understanding of the main challenges to safety and sustainability faced by tourism and hospitality stakeholders, including communities, organisations and the individual
• Conduct a comprehensive analysis of complex systems in tourism and hospitality, with a particular focus on human, technological and organisational factors
• Demonstrate the ability to reflect upon and articulate the outcomes of a range of crises in the tourism, hospitality and leisure sectors
• Discuss the utility of a range of models and tools suitable for creating resilience in tourism and hospitality with a focus on future thinking and sustainability

This course explores the ways in which different actors deal with disasters including the results of significant environmental, social, and economic crises on tourism. Issues concerning uncertainty and risk in the tourism system are introduced, as are the utility and application of resilience models and tools.
Sustainability and resilience in the context of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals are discussed in the context of future planning and sustainability. Finally, the course focuses on an exploration of how we, as individuals, develop personal resilience in the face of crises.

Written assignments, 5 credits
Seminars 2.5 credits

Lectures, audiovisual material, seminars and workshops and discussion forums.

The Swedish grades A–F.

Seminars, U-G.
The final grade for the course is given after an overall assesmnet that is made by the examiner.