Research Project Contemporary Issues Combine Assignment

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Purpose of Assignment

This combined research project contemporary issues combinewill develop your skills of independent enquiry and critical analysis by undertaking a research investigation of direct relevance to your professional development. It will enable you to gain understanding of current issues and trends, and the impacts of and responses to change in travel and tourism. You will also gain understanding of the rationale and different approaches to tourism planning and development, sustainable tourism, current issues and impacts of tourism.

Learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand how to formulate a research specification
Be able to implement the research project within agreed procedures and to specification
Be able to evaluate the research outcomes
Be able to present the research outcomes.
Understand current issues in the travel and tourism sector
Understand current trends in the travel and tourism sector
Understand how the travel and tourism sector responds to change
Understand the impacts of change on the travel and tourism sector.
Understand the rationale for planning in the travel and tourism industry
Understand different approaches to tourism planning and development
Understand the need for planning for sustainable tourism
Understand current issues related to tourism development planning
Understand the socio-cultural, environmental and economic impacts of tourism in developing countries and emerging destinations.

Assignment:

Research Project Contemporary Issues combine are research project assignments, NOT academic assignments. Research project assignments are based on data and information published and available online and offline. Therefore, you will be expected to do research projects for these assignments, and NOT write academic assignments based on theory.

Understand current issues in the travel and tourism sector

analyse issues currently driving change in the travel and tourism sector
analyse different current issues using appropriate methods and resources

Understand current trends in the travel and tourism sector

evaluate current trends influencing change in the travel and tourism sector
analyse a current trend using appropriate techniques and resources

Understand how the travel and tourism sector responds to change

analyse how travel and tourism businesses could respond to change
develop strategies on how selected travel and tourism businesses could respond to change
justify strategies for how selected travel and tourism businesses could respond to change

Understand the impacts of change on the travel and tourism sector

analyse the impacts of issues and trends that drive change in the travel and tourism sector
discuss the likely consequences of businesses failing to respond to market changes

Understand the rationale for planning in the travel and tourism industry

discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments with reference to a current case study
discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism planning partnerships drawing on a current example

Understand different approaches to tourism planning and development

analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels
evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism developments
evaluate different methods available to measure tourist impact

Understand the need for planning for sustainable tourism

justify the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development
analyse factors that may prevent/hinder sustainable tourism development
analyse different stages in planning for sustainability

Understand current issues related to tourism development planning

evaluate methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future wellbeing of a developing tourism destination
analyse the implications of balancing supply and demand
evaluate the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism

Understand the sociocultural, environmental and economic impacts of tourism in developing countries and emerging destinations

compare current issues associated with tourism development in a developing country and an emerging destination where the impacts of tourism are different
evaluate, with recommendations, the future development of tourism in these destinations