1. Choose a type of tourism / Issue from the list:

Module Title: Emerging Issues in the Tourism Industry

Module Code: 301TH

Weighting: 40%

Assignment 1: Proposal of a conference paper 2000 words What to do:

1. Choose one application out of the areas outlined below:
Urban tourism

Rural tourism

Film tourism

Shopping tourism

Medical Tourism

Business tourism

Dark Tourism

Eco-tourism

Crisis management in tourism due to physical disasters, terrorism, social or political unrest...

Development of destination management with the aid of advanced technology

Tourism as a means to alleviate poverty

Sustainable development of tourism destinations

Ethics in tourism

2. Link with tourism policies that would support your case: policy creation, policy development, collaborations, adaptations, public or private policies, etc…

Structure:

1. Description of your topic: 200 – 400 words

- Identify and describe the type of tourism / issue…:

2. Explanation of your methodological approach: 200 – 400 words

- Explain how you will find out the issues associated with the tourism issue / topic Research method - Primary: questionnaires / interviews / focus groups…

- Secondary: books, websites, reports…

Explain how you will carry out the research and why you have decided to use these methods…

3. Links between the issues in question and relevant external Environmental factors: 400 – 600 words

- How do external factors impact on the issue / type of tourism…? Identify: PESTEL / SWOT factors impacting on the issue

4. Critical analysis of the impact that these issues have on a national and international scale: 400 – 600 words

- Analyse how these issues impact on the issue on a national / international level…

5. Estimated outcomes that the paper would expect to create: 200 – 400 words - What do you want to achieve with the paper – what do you want to (attempt) find out / discover / results

Activity:

1. Choose a type of tourism / Issue from the list:

2. Describe the type of tourism / tourism issue (100 -200 words)

3. What are the issues associated with this type of tourism? (100 – 200 words)

4. How will you find out / research issues associated with this type of tourism / tourism issue… 100 – 200 words

5. What are the external factors impacting on this type of tourism? (100 – 200 words) - bullet points

3. Links between the issues in question and relevant external Environmental factors: 400 – 600 words 

- How do external factors impact on the issue / type of tourism…?

 Identify: PESTEL / SWOT factors impacting on the issue 

4. Critical analysis of the impact that these issues have on a national and international scale: 400 – 600 words

- Analyse how these issues impact on the issue on a national / international level… 

5. Estimated outcomes that the paper would expect to create: 200 – 400 words 

- What do you want to achieve with the paper – what do you want to (attempt) find out / discover / results