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Tourism Policy and Planning - SERV4003
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Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
 
School:  School of Marketing
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.marketing.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: SERV4001
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This capstone course integrates the knowledge developed in Fundamentals of Tourism, Tourism Law/Economics of Tourism and Destination Marketing into a course that uses government policy and planning as the conceptual framework. It examines the importance of tourism policy and planning in terms of sustainable tourism development, addressing the central role of tourism public policy making. The course analyses a range of critical factors such as carrying capacity, yield management and risk management. It focuses on sustainable tourism development to explain the links between these factors and tourism policy and planning.

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