Discuss the concepts of society and sociology, and their relevance to the concept of sustainable tourism. To discuss this, you should
i. Discuss the following sociological concepts: symbolic interaction, conflict theory, structural functionalism, and feminism.
ii. Discuss the impacts of tourism on society. Categorise the impacts into socio-economic, socio- cultural, or political, as well as positive and negative.
iii. Comment on the interrelatedness of these impacts, that is, in what ways the impacts are related, and what the significance of the relationship is.
iv. Comment on the sustainability and impacts of tourism development on the overall wellbeing of society.
Relevant theories (e.g., Butler’s (1980) tourism lifecycle, Leiper’s (1979) tourism system, stakeholder theory, community participation model (Wu, Zhang & Fujiwara, 2013)), tourism principles and practice can be useful to support your analysis.