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BIOGRAPHIES

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My name is Aaron (Tianhao) Wang. I am a first year student from the University of British Columbia (UBC) Vantage College in Arts One. For my second year at UBC, I aim to study Sociology as my major. I come from Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Travelling is one of my favorite things to do on vacations and holidays and I like to travel to tourist places all over the world. Because of these experiences, I understand how important sustainable tourism is and chose this as a research topic.

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Hi everyone! I am Danae Wei, a student at Vantage One in University of British Columbia. I enjoy traveling and I also became an environmentalist under the influence of my mother. Sadly, I have noticed that many scenic area are facing the problem of environmental destruction, and I hope to do my best to make some improvement in this matter. So I'm pleasure to study on tourism sustainability with our research group.

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Hi everyone! My name is Xinyi Dong. I come from Tangshan, China. In my hometown, the environmental pollution index is very high, many people die because of the air pollution. Thus, I really know how important a good environment is. I also a person who enjoy traveling, to enjoy the beautiful scenery around the world. In the past, there are many sites are closed because of serious damage. I hope I can try my best to protect these natural scenery. So I chose the development of tourism sustainability as my research topic.

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Hello everyone, this is Maxine! I am from Beijing, China. I am a person who enjoys life, traveling and really loves animals (unfortunately, I am allergic to cat fur). Since traveling is an indispensable part of my life, I began to think about how to make the tourism more sustainable and bring people better experiences. Therefore, I chose tourism sustainability as my project topic!

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Hi everyone! I’m Nelly Son from South Korea. I’m the one who enjoys listening to music and travelling and also a pet-lover! I love this topic which is about tourism sustainability since I really enjoy to travel. To make tourist have best experience, I’m eager to conduct this research for our project.

ABSTRACT

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Ecological and economic sustainability are important factors in the process of achieving sustainable tourist development. Researchers showed that the collaborative engagement of tourist cooperation is rising in its importance in terms of ecological sustainability in environmentally sensitive tourism (Erkuş-Öztürk et al., 2010). Higher entrance fees to tourist attractions may lead to fewer visitors and alleviate problems caused by large numbers of visitors. Increased entrance fees may also lead to a less income disparity between tourists and those in destinations especially in developing nations (Wang & Jia, 2012). Statistics show that millennials (ages 18-34) make up the vast majority of travelers (Statistics Canada, 2020). Therefore, this generation's attitude towards the sustainable development of tourism plays an important role. In addition, this generation, as known as millennials, the importance of their awareness on sustainability in tourism is rising in terms of cooperating social responsibility (McGlone et al, 2011). Our proposed project is an exploration of the impacts of the younger generation’s attitude towards keeping the balance of both economically and ecologically sustainable tourism.