26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1.
Staff:
Professor P Pearce (Townsville campus);
Dr H Zeppel (Cairns campus).
The subject introduces the demand, distribution, delivery and development aspects of tourism.
Learning Objectives:
to define the term tourism and its related forms;
to examine the growth in tourism and traveller numbers, why people are motivated to travel and who these people are;
to identify how tourism services are distributed within the tourism system;
to understand who provides the tourism services and how they are delivered;
to identify who shapes tourism policies and plans and the educational and training frameworks currently in place.
Assessment to be advised.
