Tourism: Food, Wine and Festivals

Course aim

To facilitate students understanding of the contribution of food, wine and festivals tourism to destination development, by building on the foundation studies of event management and exploring social, cultural, environmental, political and economic perspectives on food, wine and festivals as destination attractions.

Course content

Tourist attractions; role of food, wine and festivals as visitor attractions at destinations; role of rituals; food, wine, festival destination development and marketing; push pull factors; demand and supply for tourism products and services; special interest tourism; nature and characteristics of food, wine and festivals; cost, benefits and sustainability; demands and interests of stakeholders; tourist behaviour; challenges of food, wine and festival tourism; tourist demand for festivals and events.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
TOUR 1001	Understanding Travel and Tourism
TOUR 2009	Foundations of Event Management

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Online staff consultation)	2 hours x 13 weeks
External (Unmoderated online student discussion)	1 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Lecture	2.5 hours x 8 days
Tutorial	10 hours x across 14 weeks
External (Online discussion board)	1 hour x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Key concepts paper, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.