Understanding the World of Tourism

Learning outcome 1: Identify and understand relationships between tourism, the environment, society, culture and the economy

Learning outcome 2: Define and understand key tourism related concepts, including different types of tourist groups and their requirements

Assignment Task: Create an informational poster, for your chosen type of Tourism (you must agree the type of tourism with your lecturer).

DESCRIPTION OF THE TASK

Create an informational poster for a Tourism type. You must choose one of the topics from the below list.
1. Cultural Tourism
2. Wildlife Tourism
3. Business Tourism
4. Religious Tourism

The poster must include the following sections:
• Introduction
• Main countries, events, attractions and include key facts and statistics
• Customer profile
• Positive and negative impacts of tourism
• Challengers faced by the selected tourism type and provided suggestions to overcome the challengers
• Future trends of the selected tourism type
• Conclusion

Assignment Guide
• Introduction - Definitions and explanation of selected tourism type (100 words)
• Main Countries, Events and Attractions - Identify main countries, events, attractions and include key facts and statistics (250 words)
• Customer profile - use your knowledge on market segmentations (100 words)
• Positive and negative impacts of selected tourism type - Discuss of the positive and negative economic, social-cultural, and environmental impacts for the selected tourism type (relate multiplier and leakage effects and sustainable tourism aspects) (600 words)
• Challengers - Add challengers faced by the selected tourism type and provide suggestions to overcome the challengers (250 Words)
• Future trends of the selected tourism type (100 Words)
• Conclusion (100 Words)