BX3094 - Tourism Policy and Planning

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Business

This subject will explore the role of government in the development and control of tourism. It examines relationships within and between different levels of government and between government and private enterprise. In particular the subject will analyse the effects of government policy on regional tourism development and planning.

Learning Outcomes

• develop and understanding of the role of government policy and regulation in tourism development;
• learn the process involved in preparing regional development proposals;
• analyse the effects of government policy on regional tourism development and planning.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

TO3037 TO5037

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coord/Lect:	Mr Alf Kuilboer, Professor Bruce Prideaux.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 1 days fieldwork
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (30%); assignments (30%); tourism planning project (40%).
Cairns, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 07-Jul-2011
Face to face teaching 13-Jul-2011 to 21-Jul-2011 (Teaching dates: 13, 14, 18, 19 & 21 July 2011; 9am - 5pm)
Coord/Lect:	Mr Alf Kuilboer, Professor Bruce Prideaux.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 1 days fieldwork
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (30%); assignments (30%); tourism planning project (40%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 21-Jul-2011
Coordinator:	Mr Alf Kuilboer, Professor Bruce Prideaux
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 1 days fieldwork
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (30%); assignments (30%); tourism planning project (40%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 11-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Mr Alf Kuilboer, Professor Bruce Prideaux
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 1 days fieldwork
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (30%); assignments (30%); tourism planning project (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.