Megan Epler Wood is a leader, educator, and consultant who has dedicated her professional career to the implementation of sustainability practices in the field of tourism. She has worked for over 30 years to inform leaders, students, and business professionals across the globe on the use of well-researched and sustainable business, environmental conservation, and inclusive economic development tools. As program director of the Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP), Ms. Epler Wood seeks to increase collective knowledge and understanding of how to more effectively manage tourism destination assets over time to improve maintenance; ensure proper valuation; and help offset the influences of poverty, ecosystem degradation, climate change, land tenure, and the lack of government investment in vital local infrastructure in underdeveloped economies worldwide.
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Sustainable Tourism on a Changing Planet
The Challenges of Transformation in a Global Industry
Monday, December 19, 2022, 1pm
EST
Event Overview
Our Earth is increasingly challenged by the impacts of human industry which have been accumulating since the dawn of the Industrial Age. One transformative change has been the growth of travel into a global, trillion-dollar industry, transporting and hosting visitors across national boundaries to enjoy the planet’s most exciting cultural and natural attractions.
Once a pleasure for the elite, recreational travel is increasingly accessible, with almost 1.5 billion international arrivals in 2019. Travelers often provide significant economic benefit to the destinations they visit, but negative impacts, known as the “invisible burden of tourism,” often go unmanaged and present a growing threat to the resilience of tourism destinations.
In this series, we’ll explore the challenges faced by tourism destinations today and how innovators across the globe are stepping up to protect invaluable cultural, social, and natural assets while improving the quality of life for the people who live and work where others play.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP)
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DESTINATION MANAGEMENT Self-Paced Cornell Course
Megan’s book “Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet”
Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism
Herman Daly in New York Times 11/8/22
Once a pleasure for the elite, recreational travel is increasingly accessible, with almost 1.5 billion international arrivals in 2019. Travelers often provide significant economic benefit to the destinations they visit, but negative impacts, known as the “invisible burden of tourism,” often go unmanaged and present a growing threat to the resilience of tourism destinations.
In this series, we’ll explore the challenges faced by tourism destinations today and how innovators across the globe are stepping up to protect invaluable cultural, social, and natural assets while improving the quality of life for the people who live and work where others play.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP)
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DESTINATION MANAGEMENT Self-Paced Cornell Course
Megan’s book “Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet”
Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism
Herman Daly in New York Times 11/8/22
What You'll Learn
- What will be necessary to achieve a more balanced and sustainable tourism economy in the next 20 years
- How data-oriented management systems will improve economic, environmental, and social impacts to address the real risks faced by some of the most important places on Earth
- The ways in which tourism can provide social and economic benefits across its supply chain
- How climate change will impact tourism destinations across the globe
- Why natural and social capital are as important as financial capital
- How to adopt a sustainable mindset
Speaker
Megan Epler Wood
Managing Director, Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Managing Director, Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business; and Principal, EplerWood International
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2022-12-19 13:002022-12-19 14:00Sustainable Tourism on a Changing PlanetAdd to CalendarOur Earth is increasingly challenged by the impacts of human industry which have been accumulating since the dawn of the Industrial Age. One transformative change has been the growth of travel into a global, trillion-dollar industry, transporting and hosting visitors across national boundaries to enjoy the planet’s most exciting cultural and natural attractions.
Once a pleasure for the elite, recreational travel is increasingly accessible, with almost 1.5 billion international arrivals in 2019. Travelers often provide significant economic benefit to the destinations they visit, but negative impacts, known as the “invisible burden of tourism,” often go unmanaged and present a growing threat to the resilience of tourism destinations.
In this series, we’ll explore the challenges faced by tourism destinations today and how innovators across the globe are stepping up to protect invaluable cultural, social, and natural assets while improving the quality of life for the people who live and work where others play.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP)
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DESTINATION MANAGEMENT Self-Paced Cornell Course
Megan’s book “Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet”
Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism
Herman Daly in New York Times 11/8/22
https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K121922/primaryAmerica/New_YorkeCornell
Once a pleasure for the elite, recreational travel is increasingly accessible, with almost 1.5 billion international arrivals in 2019. Travelers often provide significant economic benefit to the destinations they visit, but negative impacts, known as the “invisible burden of tourism,” often go unmanaged and present a growing threat to the resilience of tourism destinations.
In this series, we’ll explore the challenges faced by tourism destinations today and how innovators across the globe are stepping up to protect invaluable cultural, social, and natural assets while improving the quality of life for the people who live and work where others play.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP)
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DESTINATION MANAGEMENT Self-Paced Cornell Course
Megan’s book “Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet”
Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism
Herman Daly in New York Times 11/8/22
https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K121922/primaryAmerica/New_YorkeCornell
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