Understanding Travel and Tourism

Course aim

To enable students to examine travel, tourism and hospitality as sociocultural phenomena in historical and contemporary contexts.

Course content

Tourism as a field of study; definition of tourism; continuities in the history of travel, tourism and hospitality; technological impacts from the Industrial Revolution to virtual reality; mass consumption societies and demand for tourism; destination attractions; structure and relationship of hospitality industry; tourism for economic development; tourism impact analysis ; trends in the development of travel and tourism.

Textbook(s)

Weaver, D & Lawton, L 2014, Tourism management, 5th edn, John Wiley and Sons, Milton, Qld

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	3 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	30 hours x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Offshore	3 hours x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Examination, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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