International Web Lecture Series in Tourism and Hospitality (Lecture 7)
“Sustainability & Tourists Gaze”
“Sustainability & Tourists Gaze” was the theme of the lecture 7 of International WEB Lecture Series in Tourism and Hospitality which was delivered by Prof. Parikshat Singh Manhas, University of Jammu, India and Dr. Puveneswaran Kunasekaran Sr. Lecturer, School of Hospitality Tourism and Event, Faculty of Social Sciences & leisure Management (FSLM) Taylor's University, Malaysia. This lecture was held on 13th May 2020 (Friday) at 1.00 pm (IST). There were 147 participants registered for this lecture, including top academicians, students, and research scholars from Egypt, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Malaysia, and India. This "International Web Lecture Series in Tourism and Hospitality" is an initiative taken by Prof. Parikshat Singh Manhas of University of Jammu along with Dr. Ramjit, Deptt of Tourism Studies, Central University of Kashmir, Mr. Nikhil Singh Chark, Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University, New Delhi, India & Dr. Jeet Dogra, Assistant Professor, IITTM Gwalior, Ministry of Tourism, India. Mr. Nikhil Singh Charak welcomed all the participants and gave a brief introduction about both the experts and coordinators.
Prof. Parikshat Singh Manhas initiated the proceedings of the session by welcoming the co-speaker of the session, Dr. Puveneswaran Kunasekaran, all participants as well as coordinators of the event. The first speaker of the lecture was Prof. Parikshat Singh Manhas, who shared his valuable thoughts with the participants on the theme of the topic. He highlighted about the three main dimensions of Sustainability - Economic, Social, and Environment and impressed upon the various issues which entail indicators of these three dimensions of sustainability. He mentioned about the contributions of Johan Urrey regarding the tourist gaze and authentic experiences in the tourism and travel industry. Further, he added that population growth, carrying capacity, and biological aspects of sustainability need to be addressed by the practitioners, and suggested that flexibility and resilient self-care and team care/workplace care shall be the key to the success of post-COVID operations in tourism and hospitality industry.
Dr. Puveneswaran Kunasekaran gave a brief history and concepts of sustainable tourism and explained the various issues about mass tourism and negative impacts of tourism. He stated about the specific threats to tourist destinations. He highlighted the seventeenth sustainable development goal, which pertains to the three main pillars of sustainability, as also emphasized by Prof. Manhas in his deliberations. He said tourist seeks the visual and authentic experiences in the present era. He mentioned the about the instgrammable tourist spots and shared his visual experiences/ as tourist gazes at the various tourist destinations. He also pointed out that during COVID-19 Tour Guides & Hotel Staff, should enhance their skills by participating in cross-training or virtual, training which could save the money and human resources for the tourism and hospitality industry. He impressed upon that local community should put the efforts to offer niche tourism products and also mentioned about the stimulus packages which should be provided by the government to overcome from the pandemic.
The session was followed by Q&A were in the speaker's Dr. Puveneswaran Kunasekaran and Prof. Parikshat Singh Manhas responded and constructively answered the various queries of the participants. At the end of the session, a detailed report, as well as a vote of thanks, was presented by Dr. Ramjit, Coordinator and senior assistant professor, Department of Tourism Studies, Central University of Kashmir, and Coordinator of International Web Lecture Series.
Under the ongoing international web-lecture series, the next lecture will on 16th of May, 2020 at 1:00 pm (IST), for registration, please visit https://forms.gle/7Row35UgR3kDBjsp9. This lecture will also be Live on the Facebook page: http://fb.me/parikshatmanhas
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