User:MtD17/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Sustainable tourism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This past fall, I was abroad in Tanzania learning through an ecology and anthropology focused program experience and discussion surrounding sustainable tourism emerged and was at play in experiences in various instances outside the classroom bubble. I continue to remain curious of how this concept evolves over time and interacts with ideas incorporating ecotourism and cultural authenticity in tourism. Sustainable tourism produces opportunities for various aspects of a community involving the people, government and environment to flourish in recognizing the need to preserve and protect cultural and environmental resources to secure a better future for all. My initial reaction to this specific article involved the recognition of this article in accurately defining sustainable tourism and providing a summation of the structure of the article. Also, it appeared that each of the subheadings provided the possibility to explore a multitude of different avenues of thought associated with sustainable tourism.

Evaluate the article
In the Lead section, the author clarifies there is a difference between sustainable tourism and ecotourism before the introductory sentence. I do think that it would be beneficial if the author were to clarify the difference (even if the explanation is brief) immediately to set the tone and purpose of the article. The author begins the article with a concise, clear sentence that defines sustainable tourism and its relation to the environment, government, and community, hence, conveying the focus and intent of the article. This section involves how sustainable tourism is applied and promoted by specific organizations and programs, though the ending sentence involving a statistic does not clearly present its purpose in conveying a need for an alternate strategy in incorporating sustainable tourism in sustainable development initiatives.

As the article continues, the author interweaves various topics that are collectively up-to-date and relevant in conveying the purpose, importance, and implementation of sustainable tourism. In terms of discussion involving historically marginalized groups, in the subheading involving the future goals for the globe, the author might want to consider adding further explanation of the intent and significance of these goals for the future in relation to specific regions of the world mentioned. Though there is criticism involved in the article structure, I do think discussion can be incorporated in how sustainable tourism is currently being implemented in specific communities throughout the world. In the section that specifically emphasizes this concept at a local community level, the study provided is not up-to-date, therefore, an updated study would clearly communicate the relevancy and importance of sustainable tourism. The tone and balance of this article remains neutral, with no attempt of persuading the reader, rather the concepts involving development strategies and trends are introduced and deconstructed enabling the reader to grasp the evolution of this concept in relation to the growth of tourism and effects of the pandemic.

In terms of references and sources, the article involves varying sources that were recently published to be released in the 1990s. Though when analyzing a handful of sources as I read the article, all of the resources I reviewed are peer reviewed, hence, these sources are credible instead of the facts being derived from a not as reliable sources like a blog or news article. Overall, the sources convey an adequate amount of information from current global events as well as representation of historically marginalized groups of people in explanation of the application of sustainable tourism in developing countries. The content of this article is concise and organized with absence of grammatical errors in a way that is easily understood. The images in this article, with its purpose and intent in the caption below each, are all published in the public domain, hence, each image adheres to the copyright rules of wikipedia.

In the talk page, this article is considered of high importance in relation to topics like travel and tourism which prompts my curiosity in how this article can integrate more of a focus in dissecting areas involving the environmental and/or social impacts of the implementation of sustainable tourism in various communities. This article was used for a recent Wiki Education-Foundation supported course assignment which supports the idea that this article has provided insight for other student editors and is continually being approved. I did gather that this article sufficiently organizes and conveys its purpose in defining sustainable tourism. Though I do think it is essential to add more recent studies in explanation of environmental impacts and management strategies in effectively tracing what has been done and what is being done to ensure the implementation of sustainable tourism and measure its impacts across the globe.