TO5002: Introduction to Tourism and the Environment
FIELD TRIP REPORT (25%)
You will undertake a Self-Guided Field Trip to examine issues of sustainability at either of the two locations provided below. The field trip is a powerful experience which allows you to see first-hand, the realities of managing tourism and its impacts.
On the field trip you should examine
a wide range of environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts of tourism
and how they might affect the selected location - both now and in the future.
You should talk to residents and professionals involved in the management of tourism and its impacts while on field trip to gain useful firsthand knowledge and experience.
You have 1 location
South Bank, Brisbane
You should write a report on 1 or 2 key issues including summary reflection on your overall filed trip experience. While on field trip you should also keep a detailed field notebook summarising the information obtained on the field trip from business professionals you talk to, resource material and your own observations. Your field notebook should also contain appropriate post field trip annotations. Include photos (in report and/or field trip notes).
FIELD TRIP REPORT STRUCTURE
(1000 words max. plus a summary reflection of approx. 250 words)
Introduction
Sustainability management issues (one or two max)
Recommendations about tourism stakeholder responses necessary for sustainability (include ROS approach if applicable)
Conclusion
Summary reflection on the overall field trip learning experience
Reference list (min. 20 references) ( In text Referencing)
Appendix: Field Notebook
You need to keep a detailed Field Notebook on the day of the Field Trip, and should update and amend that notebook in the days immediately following the Field Trip.
You should also include annotations made after the trip (corrections, modifications, additional notes – make sure to label these as annotations)
Important Note: Intext Referencing , 1000 words ( excluding reflection and references)
(Summary and reflection are two different things)
FIELD TRIP REPORT - CRITERIA SHEET
NAME:
CRITERIA COMMENTS
Field Notes (20%)
Actual field notes taken on the day (in a notebook) to be submitted
Appropriate length & detail
Comprehensiveness/coverage of topic
Accuracy
Evidence of appropriate amendment (e.g. corrections, editing, post-trip annotations)
Bonus points for drawings, diagrams, images
Written report summarising reflections on 1-2 key issues for sustainable planning and management of tourism (60%)
Length 1000 words maximum
Relevance/appropriateness of key issues
Insight & thoughtfulness of analysis
Evidence –based approach
Clarity of writing and logic of arguments
Grammar, spelling, punctuation
Summary reflections on the overall field trip learning experience (250 words)
Use of published material in evidence-based analysis of summary reflections of key issues (total 20 %)
Appropriateness & relevance of sources
Number & quality of different sources showing evidence of wide reading
Proper citation & referencing
Use & citation of ROS literature (if applicable)
Comparison/analysis using ROS framework (if applicable)