James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

BX2091 - Tourism and Leisure Management

Subject Description

This subject focuses on fostering a sustainable future for tourism and leisure. It builds from a social science foundation of tourism and leisure: namely geography, economics, psychology and history; into an analysis of the positive and negative impacts on the physical, ecological, economic and sociocultural environments. The subject may include a fieldwork component which will provide a practical understanding of the relationship of the tourism and leisure product to its environments.

There are additional charges for this subject; please contact the College of Business, Law & Governance for details.

Learning Outcomes

• explain the Tourism and Leisure products and who provides and delivers these services
• appreciate the broad social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of tourism
• discuss how tourist and leisure activities are managed and marketed for a sustainable future
• demonstrate essential knowledge of the nature of leisure and tourism

Subject Assessment

• Invigilated > Quizzes or tests - (20%)
• Blogs - (30%)
• Workbook - (50%)

Note that 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  TO1005

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