Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
4506LBSLC-JAN-PAR
Aims
The module aims to increase student’s knowledge and awareness of tourism and the products offered. The students will investigate and evaluate impacts of tourism, tourist behaviour and future developments upon destinations
Learning Outcomes
1.
Recognise and understand different types of tourism impacts
2.
Research and assess information in order to explain or solve problems linked to tourism developments
3.
Present an argument in an academic forum discussing the impacts of tourism development on destinations
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:This unit will analyse a range of impacts and their effect on destinations as a result of the adoption of tourism. Students will identify the opposite effects of tourism according to the way it is managed. Managed well, tourism can play a positive role in the socio, cultural, economical, environmental and political development of a destination and as such represents a significant development opportunity for many countries and communities. On the contrary, unchecked tourism development can lead to very damageable impacts. Students will evaluate both sides of the impacts and debate accordingly whether tourism should be embraced
Additional Information:Students are required to participate in a debate forming arguments based on reading appropriate literature and sources related to a given tourism destination. After the debate students will evaluate the main arguments presented in an evaluative essay (1000 words).