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)