ENV205H5: Sustainable Tourism (Winter 2021)

In this class you are required to research and write a policy-style recommendation brief which focuses on either:

• a destination of your choice or
• a component of the tourism sector which we have discussed in class.

The goal of the assignment is to get you to apply the course concepts in a real-world situation. Your assignment will answer the following question:

“In what ways can this location/component of the industry become more sustainable?”

• You are to complete this assignment assuming you are providing information to a decision making in the location or part of the sector you have chosen as your focus.
• The focus of the assignment is on providing recommendations on how to make your chosen focus area more sustainable. To do so, you will need to include the following sections:
  • background on your focus area (and why it is an important and relevant choice)
  • consider internal and external factors impacting your focus area
  • identify and evaluate a variety of options for how to improve sustainability
  • recommend a path forward.

A policy brief:

• is a short informative summary written about a issue.
• is written for decision-makers who influence and guide public policy
• must include a set of options that address the issue, including a recommended best option for achieving a particular outcome. 

The resources linked below can help you construct your policy-style recommendation brief:

To help with the Policy Brief writing process, please see these three examples: