Sustainable

Tourism in ESD
Mag. Dr. Margit Leuthold,
NFI/respect
Vienna, Austria
margit.leuthold@respect.at
Zagreb 2011
Importance of Sustainable
Tourism for Tourism Schools
Concept of Sustainable Tourism is not new
Experiences and expert discourse since End of 1970th
Sustainable tourism projects:
support regional economic and social development
lead to benefits for service providers and the local
economy
need gentle and regional mobility concepts
Support regional added value and increased regional
income
EDS: mainstreaming of sustainability -> Sustainable
Tourism in Tourism School Education and Training
Sustainable Development

Ecology

Social-
Economy Culture
Sustainable Tourism
Development
Experiences with Sustainable
Tourism in Teachers Training
TOURREG Programme Teachers Training
Teachers Training Montenegro,
Macedonia
Methodology: Problem Based Learning
What for whom How to start, to do?

Outcome: Learning = Questions, work with

local resources and in a network,
concrete issues are motivation!
Experiences with Sustainable
Tourism in Teachers Training II
Workshop I:
Sustainable Tourism and Regional Development:
What for whom How to start?
SWOT Analyses of a region (potential for
sustainable tourism)
Measurements for Sustainable Tourism
Development

Outcome: Teaching Sustainable Tourism is a cross

section subject in School = Motivation for Teachers
Team Building
Experiences with Sustainable
Tourism in Teachers Training III
Further Workshops:
Tourism with Future
Learn from good practise: Examples from
Internal and External (A)
School Material Inspiration and Working with
own Curriculum

Outcome: Co-operation and networking

supports teachers and teaching // Cross
subject teaching and school projects
Sustainable Tourism in Tourism
School Profile
Education for Sustainable Development in
Tourism School: Sustainable Tourism as cross
section issue for school subjects
Eco Tourism help to protect ecological values-
> Sustainable Tourism includes social issues
and cultural heritage
Development of specific and special regional
interest in school profiles referring to national
programmes and offers (e.g.
Umweltzeichen-Schools, kolog-Schools,
UNESCO-Schools PILGRIM-Schulen)
Sustainable Tourism in Tourism
School programme 2011
School Directors, Managers and regional
stakeholder as partners for Sustainable
Tourism school profiles and programmes
Implementation: problem based Learning
team teaching project learning tools-
learning by good practise examples in cross
section issue: Sustainable Tourism
Using own resources in combination with
good practise examples = school programme
for Sustainable Tourism
Thank you for
attention!
Mag. Dr. Margit Leuthold

margit.leuthold@nf-int.org