Sustainable Tourism Courses and Certifications

Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects

217 ratings

Wageningen University and Research invites you to this integral introduction of the exciting and complex phenomenon that is tourism. Ranked top 10 best online courses by Class Central, join us to gain

• edX
• 6 weeks, 5-7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Sustainable Tourism: Rethinking the future

75 ratings

Considering the negative impacts on climate change, the host communities and their natural resources, the growth-driven tourism industry needs to improve its footprint. Join Wageningen University and

• edX
• 9 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Tourism – promoting environmental public health

1370 ratings at Coursera

Examine how booming tourism strains low-income island states: freshwater use and saltwater intrusion, hotel wastewater, solid waste, and mosquito control, using Zanzibar as case study.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sustainable high-end tourism

46 ratings at Coursera

Explore what makes luxury travel sustainable: apply the three pillars and GSTC criteria, gather customer insights, market experience products, and manage high-end service operations.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Starting & Managing a Sustainable Hotel or Tourism Business

16 ratings at Coursera

Launch or revamp a hotel or tourism business around sustainability: spot market trends, build a sustainable business plan, and apply eco-friendly operations with financial impact analysis.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Tourism in Transition: Exploring a Sustainable Future

Examine tourism's social and environmental impacts, debate ecotourism and voluntourism models, and address climate mitigation and adaptation to form your own vision of sustainable tourism.

• edX
• 20 weeks, 2-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $672.00
• 3 courses

CEC;  Panjab University Chandigarh

Tourism Planning and Sustainable Development

Plan sustainable tourism destinations while balancing environmental, economic, and social goals across policy and community-based development.

• Swayam
• 15 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

Tourism and Climate Change

1 rating

Global tourism’s CO2 emissions and overall environmental impact are substantial. Yet, is spite of the tourism sector’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, it continues to grow exponentiall

• edX
• 5 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Food Territory, Culinary Arts and Food&Beverage operations: Cultural Identity as local facilitator

The module Food territory explains how the union between food and local traditions play a key role in the construction of gastronomic product in a certain destination. This MOOC gives students the len

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Sustainable Ecosystems and Food&Beverage

The multimedia course “Sustainable Ecosystems And Food&Beverage: Exploring The Boundaries Of Eco-Efficiency And Green Communications” offers a wider view in the tourism chain according to a sustainabl

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

TS-5: Ecology, Environment and Tourism

Explores how tourism can develop while protecting ecosystems through conservation, planning, policy, and responsible-tourism measures.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

Tourism Policy and Planning

This course will be presented by world-renowned experts in tourism planning. Welcome to our course.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Turismo Sostenibile: Comunità, Alleanze, Finanziatori

La situazione emergenziale del sistema turistico nazionale sta diventando un’occasione per porre in sinergia territori, per creare alleanze strategiche tra mète – come i Borghi, i Parchi ed i Cammini

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

perCORSI - Formazione per la gestione del turismo in Campania

Il volto del turismo è cambiato rispetto ai tempi pre-covid. Sono mutate le richieste, i flussi e la tipologia di turisti. Riprogettare consapevolmente l’offerta turistica è il primo passo per riparti

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Turismo Lento: Borghi, Parchi, Cammini d'Italia

Il turismo cambia: la globalizzazione amplia la scelta, mette in concorrenza i luoghi. Il viaggiatore moderno non si muove in gruppo, costruisce il "suo viaggio", prenota on line, ama il turismo esper

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course