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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Tourism is one of the biggest and fastest-growing industries in the world. It heavily contributes to the worldwide economy and is responsible for providing jobs to millions of people. However, all of this growth comes at an environmental cost. The edX Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects MOOC will bring your attention to its impact on our natural and social environment.

With the help of the Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects online course, you will realize what effects travel has on cultures and the surroundings of famous destinations worldwide. You will also understand how tourism is a complicated occurrence, as is evident by its sensitivity to worldwide changes. These changes include economic affairs, pandemics, dynamic consumer behaviour, climate change, and terrorist activities.

As part of the Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects MOOC curriculum, you will be provided with a range of weekly insights. These contain social study approaches, systematic observations, historical backdrops, and general theoretical foundations. The course is awarded as ‘Best of All-time’ by Class Central. The learners can pursue the programme in two tracks, namely, the verified and audit. In the audit mode, the candidates will have access to the course only for a limited period.

The Highlights

Six weeks course duration
Free program access
Social Sciences subject
Self-paced course
Five to seven hours/week effort
Video lectures in the English language
An offering of Wageningen University & Research
Introductory-level of learning

Programme Offerings

Self-paced learning
Free course access
digital learning
Six weeks of training
video lectures
Paid Certification for Rs. 7
244
Expert instructors
An offering of Wageningen University
English video transcripts.

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 20733	yes	Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen

No fee payment is required to get admission in Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects MOOC at edX.
The free audit does not come with a certificate of completion. To get a certification, you have to pay a sum of Rs. 20,733.

Sustainable tourism: society & environmental aspects course fee structure

Course option	Fee
Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects course	FREE
Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects course certificate	Rs. 20,733

What you will learn

Knowledge of tourism

When you complete the Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects program by edX, you will gain insights on various topics like:

An outline of worldwide tourism growth in its historical setting
Visualizing the utter size of the tourism
Look at tourism as a complicated environmental and social phenomenon
Methods to recognize dissimilarities in the social analysis of tourism
Examine the shared connection between tourism and its environment
Understand the systematic development of tourism

Admission Details

Enrol in the Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects course by edX by merely following the steps given as:

Step 1 – Click on this link - https://www.edx.org/course/sustainable-tourism-society-environmental-aspects. The official course page of Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects will open in your browser.

Step 2 – On this page, click on the ‘Enroll’ button.

Step 3 – After the registration page appears, sign up by entering your details. You can also instantly log in by linking your Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Facebook accounts.

Step 4 – After completing the above steps, you will be successfully enrolled in the course. If you wish to have the certificate, there’s one added step of making the necessary fee payment through edX’s payment gateway.

The Syllabus

What is tourism?
Studying tourism from a Social Sciences perspective

Origination of conventional tourism practices
Where does tourism emanate from

The critical, cultural, and behavioral approach to tourism
Observations derived from these Social Science approaches

Functioning of global tourism alongside quickly developing flows of goods, information, people, technology, and capital
Important theoretical topics utilized in tourism studies

Significant environmental, socio-cultural, and economic interactions and effects created in and by tourism

Get accustomed to sustainable tourism science
Conclude your own reasoning connected to the tourism advancement of your choosing

Instructors

Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Who developed the edX Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects digital course?

The course is developed by Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Netherlands.

2: Who are the instructors for Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects program?

The course has two instructors – Dr. Arjaan Pellis, a Lecturer Cultural Geography at WUR, and Jonas Skutka, a Teaching Assistant for Cultural Geography Group at WUR.

3: Is the course free of cost?

The Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects online program is free to access for all. However, you have the option to receive a certificate after choosing the verified premium path.

4: What are the advantages of Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects digital program certification?

The course certificate is verified, official, and signed by course instructors. It also has the logo of WUR to confirm your achievement and enhance your resume and LinkedIn profile.