Tourism and the World Economy (11324.3)

Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
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Tourism and the World Economy
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
Online self-paced
 St Leonards, NSW
Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Business, Government & Law
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Canberra Business School Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Tourism and the World Economy aims to provide students with an understanding of how national and international economic events have an impact on the tourism industry and tourists behaviour.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion, students will be able to:
1. Identify economic factors relevant to events and tourism;
2. Analyse the effects of economic variables on the components of the events and tourism industries;
3. Explain how national and international economic events have an impact on the tourism industry and tourists behaviour; and
4. Apply the information from this unit in a tourism development project.



Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Prerequisites

11321 Introduction to Events and Tourism.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

8052 Tourism and the World Economy.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 St Leonards, NSW Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr Mark Teoh
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr Mark Teoh
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 Online self-paced Dr Mark Teoh
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 16 February 2026 On-campus Dr Mark Teoh
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 16 February 2026 Online self-paced Dr Mark Teoh
2026 St Leonards, NSW Semester 1 16 February 2026 On-campus Dr Mark Teoh
Not available

Required texts

Required Text Book:

Tribe, J. (2020). The economics of recreation, leisure and tourism (6th ed.). London: Taylor & Francis.

 

These may also be available as e-books via the library.

 

Reading the textbook and asnwering the review questions is expected as they help with the quiz questions and shaping your group project.. You may also benefit from working on the questions together with your project group.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial intelligence

Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

  1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
  2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
  3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

The GenAI for StudentsLinks to an external site. Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

As this unit has a substantial real-world group project it is expected that you will organise time to regularly meet and work with your group over the semester. During the optional drop in sessions time will be allocated to provide feedback and guidance as you travel this learning journey together. The benefit you gain from this feedback will reflect, in part, the work you have done together prior to meeting times.

Participation requirements

Research has established that there is a strong correlation between engagement and success in higher education. With this in mind, we encourage you to actively participate in all online module activities to enhance your learning opportunities. Unless specifically stated in the unit outline, there is no mandatory attendance requirement. However, you may elect to attend these, as they allow you to ask 'real time' questions to develop your understanding for the relevant assessment tasks. Optinal drop in sessions will be scheduled once Semester starts to try and set times that suit most students in this online cohort.

Required IT skills

This unit involves extensive use of the internet for researching, including library research. This unit involves online meetings in real time using the Virtual Room in your UCLearn teaching site. The Virtual Room allows you to communicate in real time with your lecturer and other students. To participate verbally, rather than just typing, you will need a microphone. For best audio quality we recommend a microphone and speaker headset. For more information and to test your computer, go to the Virtual Room in your UCLearn site and 'Join Course Room'. This will trigger a tutorial to help familiarise you with the functionality of the virtual room.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None