Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
RS20510
Module Title
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN PRACTICE
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 12 hours of lectures during field trip |
Other | One-week field trip |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | GROUP PRESENTATION Group presentation during fieldtrip. Outcomes assessed: 4, 5, 6 | 50% |
Semester Exam | 1.5 Hours Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 3 | 50% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of the tourism destination development process
Analyse a range of strategic responses to the various problems of mass tourism
Evaluate the development and implementation of tourism policies in a particular destination, with particular reference to the growth of alternative tourism
Plan and perform a range of field research techniques
Analyse data collected through field research
Effectively communicate specific research findings
Brief description
This module is based around a fieldtrip to an overseas tourism destination, FOR WHICH THERE WILL BE A COST TO STUDENTS. Only students following N800, DN48 and DNV4 schemes may enrol for this module.
The aims of the module are to enable students to:
Lecture material presented in the course of the fieldwork is expected to include
Some assessment for this module will take place during the course of the fieldtrip
The aims of the module are to enable students to:
- 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
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
Some assessment for this module will take place during the course of the fieldtrip
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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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. |
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. |
Team work | Group based fieldwork, leading to assessed presentation |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5