Article Review Why Sustainable Tourism Must Address...

Sustainable Tourism and Climate Change Introduction This paper reviews Daniel Scotts article in the Journal of Sustainable Times Why sustainable tourism must address climate change. Objectives Scott takes issue with a previous article written by David Weaver in the Journal of Sustainable Times. According to Scotts narrative, Weaver presented several interrelated issues that essentially dispute some of the proven science of climate change. Climate change studies are valid and the research that has gone into climate change is empirical and not to be discredited, Scott asserts. Weaver also claimed that sustainable tourism is being dominated at least rhetorically by the issue of climate change, Scott points out on page 17. Weavers position that tourisms expanding engagement with climate change is not conducive to sustainability within the tourism industry (Scott, 2011, p. 17) is bothersome to Scott, and hence, Scott insists, Weavers assertions need to be confronted, challenged, and where appropriate, rebuked. Theory There is no specific theoretical framework per se in Scotts peer-reviewed piece, albeit the author is a firm believer in the science that has been presented on climate change, and he believes that any retreat from engagement with climate change within the tourism industry could be to the detriment of tourisms campaign to become sustainable. 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