TTR: Tourism and the Environment: Interdisciplinary Pathways to Global Sustainability

Tuesday Times Roundtable TTR is FIU’s weekly series of moderated conversations around current global issues and trends. Conversations bring into play the multiple viewpoints of students, faculty, staff, and community members. TTR: Tourism and the Environment: Interdisciplinary Pathways to Global Sustainability • Presenters: John Buschman, PhD, Co-Director, Global Sustainable Tourism, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management www.hospitality.fiu.edu • Amir Khoddamzadeh, PhD, Chair, Earth & Environment Department, FIU • SDG Topic Category: SDG11:Sutstainable Cities and Communities • News Article: go.fiu.edu/TTR1021 • Description: This session explores the growing challenge of over-tourism and its impacts on the environment and local communities, drawing on recent coverage from The New York Times. Presenters will discuss these timely issues within Global Sustainable Tourism (GST) and highlight how programs in Earth & Environment and the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management are addressing them through research, education, and practice.