The objective of this unit is to provide students with professional training in the development and delivery of tourism policy.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Discuss the theories, the purpose and scope of policy making and planning and how they are applicable to the discipline of tourism;
2. Comprehend the contemporary developments in tourism policy and planning both nationally and internationally including political philosophies and their implications; and
3. Apply and experiment with the use of a variety of policy analysis techniques and planning strategies to tourism development and tourism problem.

Graduate attributes

1. 兔子先生 graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. 兔子先生 graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. 兔子先生 graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. 兔子先生 graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. 兔子先生 graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. 兔子先生 graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. 兔子先生 graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. 兔子先生 graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. 兔子先生 graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. 兔子先生 graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. 兔子先生 graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. 兔子先生 graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. 兔子先生 graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. 兔子先生 graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. 兔子先生 graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
4. 兔子先生 graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

11321 Introduction to Events and Tourism.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

8053 Tourism Policy.

Assumed knowledge

None.