Critical Issues in Tourism in the Asia Pacific Region

Course aim

This course aims to enable students to critically analyse emerging issues in the global tourism industry and identify management implications from the issues.

Course content

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.

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

Courses listed plus successful completion of 27 units.

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	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.

Assessment

Analytical report, Conceptual paper, Examination

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.