Image: Dr. Carol Kline courtesy of Appalachian State University
Join App State’s Dr. Carol Kline to answer the questions: What does sustainability mean in tourism? How can we achieve more of it? And why would we even want to?
According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, tourism is one of the world’s largest industries, generating $9.2 trillion in 2019 and accounting for more than 10% of global GDP and 334 million jobs worldwide.
In this presentation, Kline will also lay out plans for a three-year federally funded program to boost tourism within dozens of rural North Carolina counties — called the UPLIFT Tourism Program.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Carol Kline courtesy of Tourism Reset
Kline is a professor of tourism and Program Director for Hospitality & Tourism Management in the Department of Management at App State.
She has worked in rural tourism development for nearly 30 years, primarily in North Carolina but also in select international locations. Her research has focused broadly on sustainable tourism including entrepreneurial ecosystems, issues of equity within tourism, agritourism, and craft beverage tourism.
Since 2015 she has focused her research solely on animal ethics within tourism. She is the founder of Fanimal Inc, a non-profit that mentors individuals who wish to have careers that help animals or the environment.