TOUR3001

TOUR3001: Responsible Tourism Management

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Which units require TOUR3001?

No other unit in the catalogue lists TOUR3001 as a prerequisite, so it is not a gateway to anything further.

What is TOUR3001 about?

This unit provides students with the opportunity to recognise how tourism, hospitality, and events sectors increasingly understand the need to adopt responsible tourism policies and practices globally. The aim of responsible tourism is to develop tourism that makes the destination better for the community, and the environment while offering quality tourism experiences. Students will examine responsible tourism innovative approaches to better understand and manage the new complex realities of contemporary tourism development in domestic and international destination contexts. The unit will enable students to incorporate sustainable, ethical, and indigenous perspectives, critically explore community-based tourism issues around local economic development, community empowerment, and poverty reduction, as well as review responsible marketing practices and how technology is assisting in creating more responsible tourism.

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Unit details

Credits25

Contact Hours2 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaSchool of Management and Marketing (1276)

Field of Education080323 Tourism Management

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How this unit is taught

Tutorial:1 x 2 hours weekly1 x 2 hours weekly
Online Lecture: 1 x 1 hour weekly1 x 1 hour weekly

Prerequisites

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TOUR3000Managing Tourism DestinationsConcurrent