Write 2000 words (not including references) on ONE TOPIC from the list below
1. Tourism policies are usually designed to boost economic growth. How would you design a tourism policy (or policies) that would improve the quality of life of residents?
2. Carbon emissions are one of tourism’s biggest environmental impacts. What types of policies would help to reduce the carbon emissions of tourism? In your answer, discuss at least two policies.
3. Policies can sometimes impact sectors beyond those they were designed for. Choose one transport policy and one environmental policy anywhere in the world and explain how they might influence the tourism industry.
4. Hong Kong has experienced significant tourism growth since the Individual Visitor Scheme was launched in 2003. But recently, tourist numbers have been reduced by the social unrests and COVID-19. If you were a Hong Kong policy maker, how would you implement policies to boost tourist numbers without causing overcrowding?
5. Is tourism an effective poverty alleviation strategy? Why/why not? Use at least one real world case study in your response.
6. Some tourism scholars have recently advocated degrowth as a way to achieve genuine sustainable tourism. What is degrowth and how might it apply to the tourism industry to achieve sustainability?
7. Choose a popular tourism destination as a case study and provide a discussion of the tourism-related policies implemented there to manage the presence of tourists.
8. The tourism industry has been greatly disrupted by the pandemic. What policies are needed to contain the spread of the virus while also enabling a thriving tourism industry?
9. How should the global tourism industry plan for climate change? What types of policies are needed?