Sustainable Tourism Destination Management

Course aim

To enable students to analyse destination management issues and to evaluate the strategies used by the tourism and event industry to develop sustainable tourist destinations.

Course content

Strategic choices and approaches to sustainable destination development; destination positioning; destination competitiveness; destination product development; special interest tourism development; crisis management; sustainability planning and tools; stakeholder approach; industry partnerships; industry quality control; social responsibility for community development; cultural diversity; environmental management practices; green leadership; visitor management approaches; sustainable tourism futures; and problematics of implementation of sustainability.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
TOUR 1001	Fundamentals of Global Tourism & Hospitality

Course listed above plus successful completion of 49.5 units of study.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 10 weeks
Lecture (Virtual)	2 hours 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
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

Critical analysis, Report

Fees

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.