School Of Social SciencesTourism Policy and PlanningWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101277.1
Discipline: TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Completed introductory/foundation units in tourism or planning courses or have a good understanding of tourism systems.
Equivalent Units
EH221A - Sustainable Tourism and Recreational Planning, 200176 - Tourism Policy and Impact Evaluation, H2103 - Tourism Policy and Planning, 300509 - Recreational Planning Toward Sustainable Tourism
About this Unit
In 2010 this unit replaced by 101602 - Recreational Tourism Policy and Planning. This unit emphasizes the importance of tourism planning and investigates a range of policy as well as planning factors affecting sustainable tourism. It focuses on the following major areas - understanding tourism policy and planning, destination and site planning. These topics are discussed incorporating economic, environmental, socio-cultural and management considerations. The unit introduces the basic concepts affecting tourism policy development and processes of tourism planning and implementation. The unit examines key development issues influencing the future of tourism such as different types of approaches, sustainability, impact indicators, recreation planning, coordination, stakeholders and the roles of government and public-private partnership initiative.