OSU Sustainable Tourism Lab Oregon State University
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Snapshot Research · 2026

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The Sustainable Tourism Lab was developed to protect tourism destinations for future generations of residents and visitors.

The Sustainable Tourism Lab was developed to protect tourism destinations for future generations of residents and visitors.

The Lab provides data and services to help tourism organizations around the country balance visitor and community needs. It aims to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to pursue sustainable solutions to common tourism industry problems. To improve the tourism industry through a collaborative, stakeholder-driven process, the lab works to research and design sustainable solutions to the industry’s most pressing problems.

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