Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Session 1,2,3 | Session 1,2,3 |
| Melbourne - The Hotel School | Session 2,3 | Session 2,3 |
| Online | Session 1,2,3 | Session 1 |
| Sydney - The Hotel School | Session 2,3 | Session 2,3 |
Unit description
Explains characteristics, dynamics and complexity in international tourism systems. In this unit students apply analytical skills and synthesise concepts and theories from key tourism systems knowledge to examples drawn from real world contexts.
Unit content
Topic 1: Introducing international tourism
Topic 2: Global drivers of international tourism
Topic 3: International tourism as a system
Topic 4 :International tourism systems - infrastructure
Topic 5: Governments and policy in international tourism systems
Topic 6: Future Issues for international tourism systems
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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify elements of whole tourism systems from a real world context. | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | explain key arguments in literature related to international tourism systems | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 3 | synthesize concepts and theories from tourism systems knowledge in a real world context. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- No prescribed texts.
Session 2
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Session 3
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
Gold Coast
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hr (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hrs (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Essay | 30% |
| Powerpoint Presentation (with audio) | 30% |
| Photo Essay | 40% |
Melbourne - The Hotel School
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Essay | 30% |
| Powerpoint Presentation (with audio) | 30% |
| Photo Essay | 40% |
Online
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Essay | 30% |
| Powerpoint Presentation (with audio) | 30% |
| Photo Essay | 40% |
Sydney - The Hotel School
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Essay | 30% |
| Powerpoint Presentation (with audio) | 30% |
| Photo Essay | 40% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3
Fee paying courses
For POSTGRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.