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Unit of Study TOUR1001 - Tourism Theories and Practices (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Anti-requisites

    MNG10225 Introduction to Convention and Event Tourism

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Introduces students to the contemporary theories and practices which underpin the modern tourism system. Students focus on tourism as both a social, cultural and economic phenomena which draws upon a wide range of academic disciplines and business processes as it seeks to meet the competing demands of various stakeholders.

Unit content

  1. Study of tourism
  2. History of tourism
  3. Whole tourism systems
  4. People as tourists
  5. Places in tourists' itineraries
  6. Tourism environments

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Brisbane - The Hotel School
Term1,3,5
Term1,3,5
Hayman Island - Hotel School
Term1,3
Term1,3
Melbourne - The Hotel School
Term1,3,5
Term1,3,5
Sydney - The Hotel School
Term1,3,5
Term1,3,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the tourism system and contemporary theories and practices

identify and analyse the social, cultural and commercial elements of contemporary tourism and their impacts on stakeholders

demonstrate the capability to develop and propose a tourism product that meets the needs of diverse stakeholders

demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect on the challenges of meeting the increasing complex demands of stakeholders in the tourism industry.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Current black & white print version - available at the Coop bookshop: Weaver, D & Lawton, L, 2014, Tourism Management, 5th edn (B&W print), John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Qld, Australia. ISBN: 9780730335580.
  • Original colour print version - possibly available secondhand: Weaver, D & Lawton, L, 2014, Tourism Management, 5th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, QLD, Australia. ISBN: 9781118644812.
  • eBook version - available online at http://www.wileydirect.com.au/buy/tourism-management-5th-edition/: Weaver, D & Lawton, L, 2014, Tourism Management, 5th edn (eBook), John Wiley & Sons, Milton, QLD, Australia. ISBN: 9780730308898.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts
  • Current black & white print version - available at the Coop bookshop: Weaver, D & Lawton, L, 2014, Tourism Management, 5th edn (B&W print), John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Qld, Australia. ISBN: 9780730335580.
  • Original colour print version - possibly available secondhand: Weaver, D & Lawton, L, 2014, Tourism Management, 5th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, QLD, Australia. ISBN: 9781118644812.
  • eBook version - available online at http://www.wileydirect.com.au/buy/tourism-management-5th-edition/: Weaver, D & Lawton, L, 2014, Tourism Management, 5th edn (eBook), John Wiley & Sons, Milton, QLD, Australia. ISBN: 9780730308898.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts
  • Page, Stephen, 2019, Tourism Management, 6th edn, Routledge, England. ISBN: 97811383911.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.