Exam 4: Governance of Sustainable Tourism

The Virginia Restaurant, Lodging, and Travel Association was successful in lobbying against Trip Advisor's customer review process.

Governance is a top-down regulatory system.

Which organization published the Sustainable Development Goals?

The United Nations World Tourism Organization is tasked with the responsibility of promoting tourism that is responsible, sustainable, and universally accessible.

Local governments generally take a lead in governance through which actions?

Policies must incorporate which of the following elements if they are to be effective?

WTTC stands for:

A cost-benefit analysis is NOT appropriate for which of the following?

A treaty between three or more sovereign states that stipulate established guidelines that participating nations mutually agreed upon

A policy tool that governs how laws are enforced and the penalties for violation

Local policies generally align with national policy objectives, but not always.

Attempts  to persuade elected officials to take particular actions or change certain laws

A cost-benefit analysis is a tool for information sharing and can influence of decision-makers.

Often influential people gain from the benefits of tourism and the marginalized members of society incur many of the costs.

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation is an organization that operating at which level?

The overarching goal of sustainable tourism is ensuring that development is done in such a way that the benefits of tourism outweigh the costs.

Which of the following could be classified as a multilateral agreement?

The system of rules designed to regulate behavior

Multilateral organizations provide important resources for businesses in the tourism industry.

The cost-benefit analysis should include: