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Postgraduate TAS-HGA501-2022
Sustainable Tourism Development
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Duration
14 weeks
Study method
Online & on-campus
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
QS RANKING 2022
18
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
Subject details
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Critically analyse impact of breadth of indicators and evaluation system that have been designed for the tourism and cultural heritage industries
- Critically assess the integration of sustainable development and sustainable tourism into local, national and international government policy
- Critically evaluate the application and challenges of sustainable development and sustainable tourism to different jurisdictions and businesses
- Effectively communicate sustainable tourism principles to a range of tourism and cultural heritage stakeholders
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- Complete 3 Pre-Trip Mylo Modules
- Read Field Trip Information
- Field Trip to Cradle Coast and Cradle Mountain
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-SCM-GDI-2022
Additional requirements
- Attendance requirements - Students are required to attend a face-to-face session from the Cradle Coast and at Cradle Mountain National Park campus in week 3. The session is in an intensive block mode, over 4 days. Attendance is compulsory.
This subject will explore the origins, elements and tensions inherent in sustainable tourism. You will explore the relevance of sustainable development to tourism, its application and the tensions that arise when theory is applied to practice. The subject will also critically review and asses international, national and statewide approaches to the concept, its use within government policy and efforts to develop indicators, benchmarks and assessment tools for sustainable tourism. Taught partially within a World Heritage Area, this subject give students a real life understanding of the managerial take up of the concept, along with commercial and tourists’ responses to the concept.
The subject is taught face to face from the Cradle Coast and at Cradle Mountain National Park campus in week 3 (March 9-12th 2021), in an intensive block mode, over 4 days. Attendance is compulsory. On the 2nd and 3rd day of the teaching block, you will take a field trip to Cradle Mountain National Park (staying overnight), returning to class on the 4th and final day. Following the intensive block teaching, you will complete your assignments online.
- Critical comparison of the integration of sustainable tourism theory into three tourism management plans (30%)
- Group Presentation to external stakeholders (10%)
- Group Report (60%)
Related degrees
Postgraduate TAS-SCM-GDI-2022
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