Dr. Rachel Dodds is a globally known expert in sustainable tourism and a passionate changemaker. She has worked in the tourism industry helping governments, businesses and consumers make more sustainable tourism choices for the past 25 years.
Dr. Dodds is a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, the Director of a boutique consultancy called Sustaining Tourism as well as a start-up called Klevr Places – a data dashboard company. She has published hundreds of articles globally about destination planning and policy, overtourism, consumer motivations and recently cowrote a best selling book for the general public about how to travel more sustainability called:
Are we there yet? Traveling more responsibly with your children. Rachel has lived and worked on four continents and travelled to over 80 countries.
Dr. Dodds was featured in the documentary The Last Tourist. She will be giving a provocative and inspiring presentation to Northern BC tourism partners about the confluence of people, planet and prosperity when it comes to sustainability and the tourism industry.
Learn more about Dr. Dodds
here.
Session Description
Balancing Choices – People, Planet, and Profit
Are we thriving or surviving? In a resource-based economy, there is no doubt that the environment is a fundamental consideration but is this the only consideration for Northern BC’s tourism industry? This talk will explore some challenges this region is facing as well as what success looks like in the short to long term. Keys to achieving a balance will be discussed and we will end with practical solutions to achieve better tourism for all.
