Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Gold Coast | | |
| Lismore | | |
| Online | | |
Unit description
Provides students an overview of tourism activity and development in the Pacific Asia region. Students are provided with the opportunity to critically examine significant current issues, such as the impact that tourism may have on locals in tourist regions. Students will also explore future implications of tourism development.
Unit content
Topic 1 Geographical overview of the Pacific Asia region
Topic 2 The patterns of tourism in the region
Topic 3 Factors that have influenced tourism development
Topic 4 Implications for the future of tourism
Topic 5 Significant impacts from tourism
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: |
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| 1 | describe the physical and human geography of the Pacific Asia region |
| 2 | analyse the patterns of tourism and factors that have influenced tourism development |
| 3 | critically evaluate sociocultural, economic and environmental impacts that affect the quality of life of the host communities |
| 4 | discuss future implications of tourism development in the Pacific Asia region. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- describe the physical and human geography of the Pacific Asia region
- analyse the patterns of tourism and factors that have influenced tourism development
- critically evaluate sociocultural, economic and environmental impacts that affect the quality of life of the host communities
- discuss future implications of tourism development in the Pacific Asia region.
Prescribed texts
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.