Spain is one of the most popular tourism destinations in the world, and one of the top ten countries in terms of tourism contribution to its economy. As tourism is causing a gravely negative impact on the environment, universities play a key role in raising student awareness and reducing the damaging consequences of said tourism. Connections between sustainability and tourism studies have received little attention in higher education. The lecturing staff and student bodies from universities were interviewed with the aim of finding out what motivates academics to develop conductors and indicators that raise environmental awareness within under-graduate Tourism degrees. Results show a different perspective on teaching sustainability within the tourism curricula at public and private universities. According to the participants, motivation and training lecturers have been the two main drivers. Results can be applied to other Tourism degrees in order to overcome the common barriers that these studies have to face to introduce sustainability in the tourism curricula.

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旅游课程可持续意识发展的驱动因素：西班牙大学的案例

西班牙是世界上最受欢迎的旅游目的地之一，也是旅游业对其经济贡献排名前十的国家之一。由于旅游业对环境造成严重的负面影响，大学在提高学生意识和减少旅游业的破坏性后果方面发挥着关键作用。可持续性和旅游研究之间的联系在高等教育中很少受到关注。大学的教职员工和学生团体接受了采访，目的是找出是什么促使学者们开发出提高本科旅游学位环境意识的导体和指标。结果显示了在公立和私立大学旅游课程中教学可持续性的不同观点。据参加者介绍，激励和培训讲师是两个主要驱动因素。结果可以应用于其他旅游学位，以克服这些研究在旅游课程中引入可持续性所面临的共同障碍。