TO2025 - Australian Ecotourism and Wildlife Tourism Management
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Tourism |
An advanced treatment of ecologically sustainable tourism development focusing particularly on the growing area of ecotourism. Topics include the origins and theoretical background to this culturally and environmentally responsible form of tourism; its potential contribution to the promotion of environmental understanding and conservation and its impacts and their management. A wide range of examples of terrestrial and marine wildlife tourism is examined and its management analysed. The subject includes a substantial fieldwork component and develops practical experience in the interpretation of a wide range of natural and cultural attractions. Special emphasis will be placed on ecotourism in North Queensland environments such as the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics rainforests. Indigenous tourism and cultural interpretation will also be covered.
Learning Outcomes
- broad knowledge of the definitions, directions and difficulties relevant to ecotourism;
- up-to-date knowledge of ecotourism operations and developments in North Queensland;
- advanced understanding of the key issues in managing human-wildlife interactions in an ecologically sustainable way;
- acquire ability to solve problems and develop strategies for superior ecotourism management.
| Prerequisites: | TO1005 or TO1006 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | TO5033 and TO6033 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 6 | |
| Census Date 26-Jun-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 29-Jun-2009 to 04-Jul-2009 (29 June - 4 July) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Heather Zeppel. |
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| Assessment: | tutorial attendance and participation (20%); field trip reports a) ecotourism field trip report 25% b) wildlife tourism field trip report 15% (40%); practical exercises a) ecotourism exercises 20% b) wildlife tourism exercises 20% (40%). |
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