A fantastic internship opportunity has arisen to make a difference by measuring the impact of tourism on the environment and evaluating data sources to develop sustainable tourism indicators with Global Tourism Solutions.
This paid internship will be working with a small tourism research company researching the availability and quality of data to help develop their sustainable tourism reports.
Global Tourism Solutions (UK) main area of business is providing local area tourism volume and value statistics through a model called STEAM. They also carry out survey and research work and are expanding their services to include measuring the sustainability of tourism. Traditionally the measurement of tourism has been concerned with measuring its volume and value – how many visitors there are and how much they spend. There are now increased concerns about the sustainability of tourism and measuring its impact on the local environment, residents, and the climate.
After a pilot with Snowdonia National Park, additional research is now needed into the availability and quality of data across the UK. Global Tourism Solutions (GTS) hope to extend the sustainability reporting to their other clients, such as other National Parks and local authorities, offering a range of indicators which can be selected from according to local needs and interests. The research will allow GTS to develop a suite of indicators to measure sustainability of tourism at a local level.
Reduced energy or CO2e emissions:
GTS is working with the UK National Parks, who in their 2021 Climate Emergency Response Statement committed to reducing their CO2 emissions to zero by 2045. The work carried out as part of the internship will be used for future reports. The reports will give National Parks and local authorities the information they need to assess what action needs to be taken to reduce the impact of tourism, including energy use and carbon emissions.
This project is managed by the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation and is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund to promote Low Carbon Innovation in the Region.
Please note that this opportunity is only available to current students of Lancaster University.
Start Date: 20th June 2022
End Date: 23rd October 2022
Total Hours: 140
Work Pattern: Flexible to fit the intern and the company