This is the tour operator Araucaria Ecotours in Australia, you will be using this operator in relation to the sustainability practices, the website will give a brief outline of what sustainability practices they follow, that can be used as a starting point : http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com/index.html

This report should critically evaluate tourism practices and how such practices align with or deviate from principles of sustainability with the tour operator.

1.Assess the operation, its clients and its environment to determine the major issues facing the operation. These can be organised in terms of social, economic and environmental realms.

2.Identify the most important sustainability issues facing the operation.

3. Find the industry certification standard which the operation has used (or could use if the operation is not certified). And apply those criteria to the tourism operations to see if the operation adheres to such principles.

4.Discuss what could be done to improve sustainability practices and discuss the interrelationships      between environment, social and economic sustainability aspects.

5.In order to discuss what could be done to improve sustainability practices you need to do a literature review of the issues facing that type of operation. Examine what research has been done to improve sustainability practices. When discussing the issues make sure to demonstrate the relationships between social, economic and environmental realms of the issues from the operations perspective and the research.

The essay will be based on this report structure

Title Page

Executive Summary
o    Conveys the main findings of the report
o    Condenses all the main points:
o    aims & objectives
o    the problem
o    the research methods
o    what was found
o    what action is required (recommendations)

Introduction – Capture the reader’s attention by stating:
o    the problem or situation that prompted this report and what the report intends to achieve
o    aims and objectives
o    any definition of terms
o    background of operation including location and website link

Research methods
o    brief description of how the research was conducted
o    (EG. destop research on business background and acdamic literature, field visit, conversations with employees and business owner, analyses of customer feedback on travel blog/trip advisor

Main Body
Dont use these words below, but design your headings based on the following points
o    Critically analyse the development of the term sustainable tourism in light of current debates about the failure or success of sustainability.
o    Identify the most important sustainability issues facing the operation.
o    Choose an industry certification standard of sustainable tourism and apply those criteria to one/two tourism operations to see if the operation adheres to such principles.
o    Discuss what could be done to improve sustainability practices and discuss the interrelationships between the environment, social and economic sustainability aspects

Conclusions – provide summary of the content of the report.

This is the tour operator Araucaria Ecotours in Australia, you will be using this operator in relation to the sustainability practices, the website will give a brief outline of what sustainability practices they follow, that can be used as a starting point : http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com/index.html

This report should critically evaluate tourism practices and how such practices align with or deviate from principles of sustainability with the tour operator.

1.Assess the operation, its clients and its environment to determine the major issues facing the operation. These can be organised in terms of social, economic and environmental realms.

2.Identify the most important sustainability issues facing the operation.

3. Find the industry certification standard which the operation has used (or could use if the operation is not certified). And apply those criteria to the tourism operations to see if the operation adheres to such principles.

4.Discuss what could be done to improve sustainability practices and discuss the interrelationships      between environment, social and economic sustainability aspects.

5.In order to discuss what could be done to improve sustainability practices you need to do a literature review of the issues facing that type of operation. Examine what research has been done to improve sustainability practices. When discussing the issues make sure to demonstrate the relationships between social, economic and environmental realms of the issues from the operations perspective and the research.

The essay will be based on this report structure

Title Page

Executive Summary
o    Conveys the main findings of the report
o    Condenses all the main points:
o    aims & objectives
o    the problem
o    the research methods
o    what was found
o    what action is required (recommendations)

Introduction – Capture the reader’s attention by stating:
o    the problem or situation that prompted this report and what the report intends to achieve
o    aims and objectives
o    any definition of terms
o    background of operation including location and website link

Research methods
o    brief description of how the research was conducted
o    (EG. destop research on business background and acdamic literature, field visit, conversations with employees and business owner, analyses of customer feedback on travel blog/trip advisor

Main Body
Dont use these words below, but design your headings based on the following points
o    Critically analyse the development of the term sustainable tourism in light of current debates about the failure or success of sustainability.
o    Identify the most important sustainability issues facing the operation.
o    Choose an industry certification standard of sustainable tourism and apply those criteria to one/two tourism operations to see if the operation adheres to such principles.
o    Discuss what could be done to improve sustainability practices and discuss the interrelationships between the environment, social and economic sustainability aspects

Conclusions – provide summary of the content of the report.