TO5101: Tourism Systems Analysis
ASSESSMENT TASK 2: Tourism Futures Assignment
Aligned subject learning outcomes Identify and describe detailed tourism systems models
Use these systems models to understand the forces on, and responses to, sustainability and operational issues in tourism systems
Be able to apply a range of analysis tools to identify issues in tourism systems and futures.
Group or individual Groups of 3
Weighting 30%
Due date Week 9
The aim of this assessment is to provide students an opportunity to use various tourism analysis techniques to critically examine a series of future scenarios for a tourism sector or form of tourism.
STEPS:
• Select a specific type of tourism (e.g. Cultural Tourism, Backpackers Tourism, Adventure Tourism, etc.) that is of interest to you;
• Use various techniques (STEEP, PEST, PESTEL Analysis) to analyse this tourism type;
• Develop a set of 3 medium range (10-25 years) future scenarios for your chosen tourism type;
• Critically assess each of these scenarios in terms of the responses necessary from various stakeholders to ensure the sustainability of the selected tourism type.
REPORT STRUCTURE:
• Introduction to the selected type of tourism
• Current trend analysis of the selected type of tourism
• Description of each of the 3 scenarios establishing how these are connected to the analysis conducted
• Critical assessment of each of the 3 scenarios
• Overall conclusions about tourism stakeholder responses necessary for sustainability
• Reference List (APA reference style, academic references please)
Word count: 2,500 words + min 12 references