| Module Identifier |
RD24810 |
| Module Title |
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT |
| Academic Year |
2002/2003 |
| Co-ordinator |
Mr Raymond D Youell |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 22 Hours 11 x 2 hours |
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Practical | 6 Hours 2 x 3 hours |
| Assessment |
Semester Assessment | Assignment: Outcomes assessed: all 5000 word report, focusing on tourism development and the management of tourism facilties in a selected overseas destination. | 100% |
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Supplementary Assessment | Students who fail the module will be required to re-present failed coursework. | |
Learning outcomes
Outcome 1
Define the concept of development in tourism within a global context
Performance criteria:
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Evaluate contrasting models of tourism development
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Assess the role of agents of tourism development
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Appreciate the objectives of tourism development
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Appreciate the geographical contexts of tourism development
Ranges:
Global, National, Regional and Local
Outcome 2
Evaluate the motivations for tourism development
Performance criteria:
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Assess economic considerations for tourism development
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Assess socio-cultural considerations for tourism development
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Assess environmental considerations for tourism development
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Understand the political significance of tourism development
Ranges:
Global, National, Regional and Local
Outcome 3
Assess how the public, private and voluntary sectors facilitate tourism development
Performance criteria:
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Evaluate partnerships in tourism development
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Critically investigate public policy in tourism
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Assess public, private and voluntary sector tourism development initiatives
Ranges:
Global, National, Regional and Local
Outcome 4
Evaluate tourism developments in selected destination areas
Performance criteria:
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Assess environmental issues associated with tourism development
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Evaluate socio-cultural issues associated with tourism development
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Assess host-guest relationships and other community issues
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Appreciate sustainable tourism principles and practices in destination areas
Ranges:
Global, National, Regional and Local
Outcome 5
Extend awareness of tourism management through analysis of tourism development processes
Performance criteria:
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Assess manpower planning and employment issues in tourism development
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Evaluate tourism marketing strategies in identified destination areas
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Assess strategy formulation as a function of tourism development
Ranges:
Global, National, Regional and Local
Brief description
This module addresses the conceptual and practical nature of tourism development. Using a variety of international case studies, students are encouraged to analyse the tourism development process in developed and developing nations.
Aims
The main aims of the module are to enable students to demonstrate their undestanding of the concept of development in tourism, to apply the concept of development of international tourism, and to evaluate tourism development strategies in a range of destination countries and regions.
Transferable skills
Common skills which will be developed and assessed:
Managing and developing self
Communicating
Managing tasks and solving problems
Applying numeracy
Applying technology
Reading Lists
Books
Burns, P and Holden, A. (1995)
Tourism; a new perspective. Prentice Hall
De Kadt, T. (1979)
Tourism, passport to development. George Washington University
Harrison, D. (1992)
Tourism and less developed countries. Belhaven Press
Krippendorf, J. (1987)
The holiday makers. Heinemann
Lea, J. (1988)
Tourism and development in the third world. Routledge
Shaw, G and Williams, A. (1994)
Critical issues in tourism. Blackwell
Vellas, F and Becherel L. (1995)
International tourism. MacMillan
Witt, S F, Brooke, M Z and Buckley, P J. (1995)
The management of international tourism. Routledge