James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024

BX2091 - Tourism and Leisure Management

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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.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate essential knowledge of the nature of leisure and tourism
• 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

Subject Assessment

• Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (20%) - Individual
• Written > Workbook - (50%) - Individual
• Blog entry with written - 10% and video presentation - 20% - (30%) - Group & Individual

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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