Managing transport impacts towards sustainability

TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
MANAGING TRANSPORT
IMPACTS TOWARDS
SUSTAINABILITY

, TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

• WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT?
– Using resources in an efficient manner
– “Meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs”
[(Brudtland,’87) Page ’99]

– Ensuring the natural environment's ability to
sustain economic activities such as transport
and tourism


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, TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
• International expansion and
development of tourist transport has
indirect and direct impacts on
environment:
– Social
– Cultural
– Economic
– Physical
• Countries with highly or developing
tourism industry is of most concern
• Affects both tourist itself and transport
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