EG129-4-FY-CO:
Foundations of Tourism
2024/25
Edge Hotel School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
30
13 November 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA N802 Tourism,
BA N803 Tourism (including Year Abroad),
FDA N801 Tourism
This is an introductory module that will provide a holistic overview of tourism management. The module content is a fundamental course that explores the context of tourism development, its current position, and influences on the demand for tourism.
The structure of the module will provide an understanding of the nature and meaning the industry and its management challenges to fully explore the context of tourism. This module utilises theoretical and practical aspects of tourism management as deployed by tourism organisations, business, and destinations.
The aims of this module are:
- To explore the context of tourism and its management
- Define what is the meaning of tourism.
- Explore tourism in its historical context.
- Understand domestic and international travel patterns.
- Identify and evaluate the key influences on tourism demand
- Explore tourist’s needs, wants, and motivations.
- Evaluate different factors that influence consumer behaviour.
- Identify factors influencing changes in tourist demands (e.g., technological trends, patterns, and forecasting).
- Demonstrate an understanding of tourism supply.
- Explore the management of visitors.
- Understand the role of the public and private sectors within the tourism industries.
- Evaluate sociocultural, economic, and environmental impacts on tourism businesses, destinations, and host communities.
- Explore the socio-cultural effects of tourism (e.g., Demonstration Effect).
- Explore the economic effects of tourism (e.g., Tourism Area Lifecycle - TALC, Multiplier Effect, etc.).
- Explore the environmental effects of tourism (e.g., UNSDGs, sustainable tourism, etc.).
- Understand the structure and organisation of tourism and travel industries (e.g., DMOs, Tourist Generating Regions, Intermediaries, etc.).
- Identify the network of sectors within tourism industries (e.g., Leiper’s model).
- Explain the chain of distribution and how it applies within the tourism industries.
By the end of the module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Explore the context of tourism and its management.
- Identify and evaluate the key influences on tourism demand.
- Demonstrate an understanding of tourism supply.
- Evaluate socio-cultural, economic, and environmental impacts on tourism businesses, destinations, and host communities.
- Understand the structure and organisation of tourism and travel industries (e.g., Destination Management Organisations (DMOs), tourist generating regions, intermediaries, etc.).
Syllabus
- To explore the context of tourism and its management
- Define what is the meaning of tourism.
- Explore tourism in its historical context.
- Understand domestic and international travel patterns.
- Identify and evaluate the key influences on tourism demand
- Explore tourist’s needs, wants, and motivations.
- Evaluate different factors that influence consumer behaviour.
- Identify factors influencing changes in tourist demands (e.g., technological trends, patterns, and forecasting).
- Demonstrate an understanding of tourism supply
- Explore the management of visitors.
- Understand the role of the public and private sectors within the tourism industries.
- Evaluate sociocultural, economic, and environmental impacts on tourism businesses, destinations, and host communities
- Explore the socio-cultural effects of tourism (e.g., Demonstration Effect).
- Explore the economic effects of tourism (e.g., Tourism Area Lifecycle - TALC, Multiplier Effect, etc.).
- Explore the environmental effects of tourism (e.g., UNSDGs, sustainable tourism, etc.).
- Understand the structure and organisation of tourism and travel industries (e.g., DMOs, Tourist Generating Regions, Intermediaries, etc.)
- Identify the network of sectors within tourism industries (e.g., Leiper’s model).
- Explain the chain of distribution and how it applies within the tourism industries.
This module will be delivered via:
- Lectures.
- Seminars.
- Workshops.
Students will be expected to access and prepare for such sessions using the Edge Hotel School online virtual learning environment and resources.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Yes
No
No
No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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