Tourism management processes
Mr Ian Kelly
6 points * Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week * Distance and on campus * Gippsland * Second semester * Prerequisite: GBU1501, or equivalent
Objectives The primary objective of this subject is to extend the knowledge gained in previous tourism management subjects and demonstrate how it can be applied to the management of tourist destination regions and the coordination of tourism provisions therein. It aims also to cultivate appropriate attitudes with respect to the sustainability - economic, social and environmental - of a region's tourism resources and activities.
Synopsis Destination area organisations, destination area development, management for sustainability, the sociocultural environment; the natural environment economic sustainability, marketing planning, tourism and the community
Assessment Essay (2000 words): 50% * Examination (3 hours): 50%
Prescribed texts
Heath E and Wall G Marketing tourist destinations: A strategic planning approach Wiley, 1992
Middleton V T C Marketing in travel and tourism Heinemann, 1988