International Tourism Dynamics

To enable students to:

• Develop an understanding of the context, structure and organisation of international tourism

By the end of the module students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the development, scope organisational structures and sectors of the international tourism industry.
2. Understand the key factors underpinning the demand for and the supply of international tourism.
3. Examine relevant theoretical concepts and models,and demonstrate application within the context of the international tourism industry.

• Contextual foundations of tourism
• Demand and supply including motivations and typologies
• Patterns, flows, trends and measurement issues
• Intermediaries
• Tourism sectors
• Destination development
• Principles of sustainability and associated concepts
• The future of tourism

Total Learner Hours: 200

Contact Hours: 48 consisting of a series of lectures, seminars and workshops.

A range of case studies to support the above will be used.

Private and Directed study: 152 hours

Cooper, C., Fletcher, J., Fyall, A., Gilbert, D., Wanhill, S. (2008) Tourism. Principles and Practice. (4th ed.) Harlow: Pearson Educational Limited

Doswell, R. (2000) The Management of the Tourism Sector. Margate: Columbus Publishing Ltd for the Institute of Commercial Management.

Ghimire, K. (ed.) (2001) The Native Tourist. Mass Tourism within Developing Countries. London: Earthscan.

Holloway, C. (2002) The Business of Tourism. (6th ed.) London: Pearson.

Page, S.J. and Connell, J. (2006) Tourism: A Modern Synthesis (2nd ed.) London: Thomson Learning.

Swarbrooke, J. (1999) Sustainable Tourism Management. Oxford: CABI Publishing.

Weaver, D. B. and Oppermann, M. (2002) (2nd ed.) Tourism Management. Singapore John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd.

Youell, R. (1998) Tourism: an introduction. Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman.