Module Identifier | RD21110 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN PRACTICE | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2006/2007 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Ioan Fazey | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||||||||||||||
Other staff | Mr Ian P Keirle | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 12 hours of lectures, to take place during the field trip | |||||||||||||
Other | Field trip (approximately 1 week) | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Demonstrate a detailed understanding of tourism in a specific destination by studying it first hand
Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the impacts, challenges and constraints associated with the development of mass tourism in a specific destination area
Explain and evaluate tourism policy, with particular relevance to the promotion of alternative tourism
Plan and carry out a variety of field research methods among tourists and/or tourism industry personnel, e.g. questionnaires, audits, observation
Analyse the data so collected using a variety of statistical and presentational techniques
Work as a part of a group to prepare and give a presentation on a specific aspect of the field research
Content will vary to some extent on the particular destination that is being visited. Lecture material presented in the course of the fieldwork is expected to include
The destination development process
Issues and problems associated with mass tourism development; design and implementation of management strategies
Development and implementation of tourism policy, with particular reference to the promotion of alternative tourism
Practical activities are expected to include:
Fieldwork among tourists, e.g. observation of behaviour at a specific visitor attraction, questionnaires among ex-patriate community, interviews with tourists at a specific heritage site, etc
Some assessment for this module will take place during the course of the fieldtrip
Problem_solving | Lectures will encourage an understanding of the problems of tourism destination development and a variety of potential means of addressing these. Assessed in the examination. | ||
Research skills | Fieldtrip will involve practical application of a number of relevant research methods, e.g. questionnaires, interviews. Assessed in presentations. | ||
Communication | Student presentations will be made, using appropriate ICT. Examinations will assess writing in an academic context. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Fieldwork project will require both personal time management and group negotiation. Examination will require planning skills. | ||
Team work | Group-based fieldwork, leading to assessed presentation | ||
Information Technology | Analysis of data collected during fieldtrip research method application sessions. Use of PowerPoint for making assessed presentation. | ||
Application of Number | Data analysis of fieldwork and application. Assessed in presentation. | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | International tourism is a high-profile sector of the world tourism industry. As such, studying this module will give students important insights into career possibilities. |
This module is at CQFW Level 5