Critical Issues in Tourism in the Asia Pacific Region
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
TOUR 3007
Undergraduate
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
101872
4.5
No
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
School of Management
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
This course aims to enable students to critically analyse emerging issues in the global tourism industry and identify management implications from the issues.
This course is designed to be responsive to the emerging trends and issues in tourism in the Asia Pacific region. Indicative topics include: climate change and its impact on tourism; Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) entrepreneurship and innovation in tourism; growing significance of China and India as outbound travel markets; crisis management in tourism: natural disasters, epidemics and terrorist attacks; Special interest tourism: Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions (MICE), medical and wellness tourism and volunteer tourism; impact of globalisation on tourism and local communities; cultural distances; and destination marketing.
Nil
Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
TOUR 1001 | Fundamentals of Global Tourism & Hospitality |
TOUR 2009 | Foundations of Event Management |
Courses listed plus successful completion of 27 units.
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 1 hour x 13 weeks | ||
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION | |||
External | 3 hours x 13 weeks | ||
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | |||
Workshop | 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.
Analytical report, Conceptual paper, Examination
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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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.