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Unit of Study TOUR2001 - Sustainable Tourism (2025)

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Unit description

Examines concepts of sustainability and regeneration in relation to tourism. Students will apply them in developing a sustainable tourism project.

Unit content

Module 1: Sustainability – History, concepts and current status

Module 2: Doing tourism sustainably

Module 3: Tourism impacts

Module 4: Tourism and climate change

Module 5: Grant writing for success

Module 6: Tourism for a regenerative future

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term3
Term3
Online
Term3
Term3

Learning outcomes

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

understand the concepts of sustainability and regeneration in tourism contexts

evaluate the impacts of tourism

create a grant application.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Quiz 20%
Map 30%
Professional Writing 50%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Quiz 20%
Map 30%
Professional Writing 50%

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