Online courses by The Centre for Responsible Tourism Singapore: ‘Reinventing tourism learning’
“GT” Friend Kevin Phun of new “GT” Partner The Centre for Responsible Tourism Singapore (CRTS) has developed a series of short online courses for aspiring responsible tourism practitioners — or anyone interested in the subject — to establish a foundation of knowledge and a framework for thinking about various aspects of responsible tourism.
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Courses and prices listed on this “GT” post were correct on June 4, 2020 but may be different on the CRTS courses website. (In any case you won’t get a better deal than if you use the coupon code GTB-20-OFF which applies a 20% discount to any CRTS course.)
Indigenous people around the world and their intangible cultural heritage (ICH)
Who and where are the indigenous peoples in the world? What are the challenges facing them? How have they tried to fight off and in some cases adapt to these challenges?
Part 1 — Who are the indigenous people?
Part 2 — What is intangible cultural heritage (ICH)?
Part 3 — Challenges faced by the indigenous people in safeguarding ICH
US$46 … (US$36.80 after you use coupon code GTB-20-OFF for a 20% discount)
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Understanding safeguarding practices of intangible cultural heritage
Intangible cultural heritage, or ICH, is fast disappearing from our world. Many places are fast losing their ICH, be it languages, food, traditional knowledge, rituals etc. This course attempts to impart the knowledge about how ICH can be retained.
Part 1 — What is intangible cultural heritage?
Part 2 — Why should we protect and safeguard culture and heritage?
Part 3 — Examples of safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
Part 4 — Challenges in safeguarding of ICH
US$95 … (US$76 after you use coupon code GTB-20-OFF for a 20% discount)
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Pro-poor tourism and climate change adaptation
Climate change is increasingly affecting many parts of the world where tourism is an important source of income for local people. Learn about how tourism supports climate change adaptation in this unique course.
Part 1 — Pro-poor tourism; what it is
Part 2 — Pro-poor tourism; some examples
Part 3 — Discussion; Laos’ ecotourism guidelines
Part 4 — Implementing pro-poor tourism
Part 5 — How tourism and climate change are related
Part 6 — Attractions and global warming
Part 7 — Adaptation to climate change
Part 8 — How does tourism adapt to climate change?
Part 9 — Successful climate change adaptation in pro-poor tourism
US$52 … (US$41.60 after you use coupon code GTB-20-OFF for a 20% discount)
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Developing ecotourism in communities
Learning how to develop ecotourism in communities, learning about real challenges that textbooks do not teach you.
Part 1 — What is ecotourism?
Part 2 — Why ecotourism is suitable for many communities
Part 3 — Challenges in developing ecotourism
Part 4 — Ecotourism standards — key to success?
US$38 … (US$30.40 after you use coupon code GTB-20-OFF for a 20% discount)
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Corporate social responsibility for small firms
Learn how small firms can incorporate corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their business operations and open up new opportunities and benefits for business.
Part 1 — What is CSR?
Part 2 — The need / push for sustainability for small firms
Part 3 — Challenges in implementing CSR for small firms
Part 4 — Implementing CSR for small businesses
US$28 … (US$22.40 after you use coupon code GTB-20-OFF for a 20% discount)
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The value of nature
Learning how nature should be valued, how we see the value nature possess. Understand the true costs of our actions that impact nature.
Part 1 — Nature’s true value
Part 2 — Valuing nature — The costs of our actions
Part 3 — Actions we can take — We can all play a part
US$38 … (US$30.40 after you use coupon code GTB-20-OFF for a 20% discount)
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Unique responsible tourism courses you won’t find anywhere else
Courses and prices listed on this “GT” page were correct on June 4, 2020 but may be different on the CRTS courses website. (In any case you won’t get a better deal than if you use the coupon code GTB-20-OFF which applies a 20% discount to any CRTS course.)
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