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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Uses a case-study approach to develop student’s knowledge of a range of tourist behaviours at key stages in the travel experience.
Unit content
Module 1: Conceptualising the tourist within contemporary society
Module 2: Motivation, expectations and satisfaction
Module 3: Destination decision-making and destination image
Module 4: Embodiment: Gender and disability in tourism
Module 5: Tourist behaviours: Sightseeing, photography and shopping
Module 6: Synthesis: Tourist behaviour in theory and practice
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | explain a range of tourist behaviours |
| 2 | conduct a research interview |
| 3 | contrast literature with experience |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- explain a range of tourist behaviours
- conduct a research interview
- contrast literature with experience
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.