TO5031 - Tourism Issues in Developing Countries
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Tourism |
Available to Graduate Diploma of Tourism students and Master of Tourism students.
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 womens 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 countries.
Learning Outcomes
- to build and enhance cross-cultural awareness of local and Indigenous communities involved with tourism 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 critically examine community based tourism issues 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 understand and critically analyse tourism issues and impacts in developing countries.
| Prerequisites: | Enrolment in GDipTourism or MTourism |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | TO3031 and TO6031 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Heather Zeppel. |
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