TO3031:03
Tourism Issues in Developing Countries
| Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
26 hours lectures, 12 hours practicals. Semester 2.
Available to Tourism majors students only.
Staff: Dr H Zeppel.
This subject examines the challenges and opportunities for tourism in developing nations. It mainly focuses on the social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of tourism in Third World and developing countries. It combines and synthesises topics previously covered in the tourism program, including tourism and the environment, tourist behaviour, tourism marketing and international tourism. Additional topics include ecotourism and wildlife tourism, arts and crafts, Indigenous tourism and women’s involvement in tourism in developing countries. The subject consists of lectures, readings, and an essay on the impacts of tourism and project work on key tourism issues in developing countires. A field trip to examine first-hand some key tourism issues in a developing country may also be included as part of this subject. Cost of any international travel is additional to subject fees and is the responsibility of the student. Destination to be advised early in Semester 2.
Learning Objectives:
- to understand and critically analyse tourism issues and impacts in developing countries;
- to critically evaluate the social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of tourism on different communities in Third World or developing countries;
- to build and enhance cross-cultural awareness of local and Indigenous communities involved with tourism in developing countries;
- to evaluate the tourism service roles filled by local people in developing countries and identify tourism operations that deliver benefits to local communities;
- to examine, first-hand, tourism issues in a developing country (with an optional field trip).
Assessment to be advised.