Module code and title: MGBBT2ENT

Module code and title: MGBBT2ENT

Tourism Impacts and Sustainable Development Module leader: Dr. Edmund Cheng

Assignment No. and type: Assessment 1

Essay 2,000 words Assessment weighting: 50%

Submission time and date: On or before:

2pm 15 January 2024 (Monday) Target feedback time and date: 3 weeks from the date of final submission

Assignment task

This assignment involves preparing an individual written essay on your understanding of the key concepts and models relevant to the tourism industry.

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO 1 Identify and critically analyse the concepts and principles associated with sustainability and corporate responsibility in the context of tourism.

LO 3 Critically analyse the business case and range of corporate benefits relating to sustainability management options and performance in the context of tourism.

LO 4 Demonstrate appropriate academic writing skills, referencing and good academic practice.

Task requirements

OVERVIEW

This assignment will encourage students to gain an understanding of the principles of sustainable tourism and development of the tourism industry.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TASK WHAT ARE YOU BEING ASKED TO DO?

The submission of a written essay that discusses the overtourism and ethical tourism environment of a sustainable destination country of your choice, using a wide variety of research materials (2,000 words).

Essay (2,000 words) 50%

You are required to produce an essay on Understanding the over tourism and ethical tourism environment at ONE of the tourism destination cities of your choice through the use of a variety of research materials. (The FOUR destinations covered in case study must not be used)

The essay must include:

Introduction (200 words):

Outline the aims and objectives of this essay.

Provide an overview of your selected destination.

Paragraph 1 (400 words): OvertourismWhat is overtourism?

Why is overtourism happening?

The reasons behind overtourismHow to avoid overtourism?

Paragraph 2 (400 words): Overtourism impact in application

Analyse the impact of overtourism on your selected destination.

Provide a solution to overtourism in your selected destination.

Paragraph 3 (400 words): Ethical tourism

What is ethical tourism?

Why is ethical tourism important?

What are the major ethical issues in tourism?

Provide an example of ethical tourism with its justification (objectives).

Paragraph 4 (400 words): Ethical tourism impact in application

Analyse the impact of ethical tourism on your selected destination.

Identify and describe at least TWO wicked problems under your selected destination.

Conclusion (200 words) :Summarise the topic of the essay and add a conclusion.

Include your recommendations on over tourism and ethical tourism.

Reference Page

Minimum of 15 Sources, including journals, books and a variety of academically accepted sources.

DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA

Make sure you choose the tourism destination country of your choice for your essay.

You must reference all information used in the essay, using the CCCU Harvard Referencing Guide.

See attached grid for grade descriptors.

Referencing and research requirements

Please reference your work according to the Canterbury Harvard style guidance which you can access on Moodle.

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the Universitys institutional grading descriptors. If it is appropriate to the format of your assignment and your subject area, a proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of academic referencing conventions.

This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Level 5

Submission details

This assignment should be submitted electronically via Moodle (module tutors will discuss this process with you during class time).

Please ensure that your work has been saved in an appropriate file format (Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, or PDF are the most widely used; Google Docs is also accepted). Your file must also contain at least 20 words of text, consist of fewer than 400 pages and be less than 40MB in size.

You can submit your work as many times as you like before the submission date. If you do submit your work more than once, your earlier submission will be replaced by the most recent version.

Once you have submitted your work, you will receive a digital receipt as proof of submission, which will be sent to your forwarded e-mail address (provided you have set this up). Please keep this receipt for future reference, along with the original electronic copy of your assignment

You are reminded of the Universitys regulations on academic misconduct, which can be viewed on the University website: Academic Misconduct Policy. In submitting your assignment, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood these regulations.

Submission date and time

This assignment should be submitted to Moodle before 2pm on Week 5, Monday 15 January 2024.

You should submit all work for summative assessments by the above deadline. The five percent penalty per day will be applied to the work submitted up to seven working days after the deadline, after which a mark of 0 will be recorded. The five percent penalty will be five percent of eligible mark.

For more information please refer to: Student Handbook on Moodle.

Feedback and marks for this assignment will be available in three weeks from the deadline.

Indicative resources:

Recommended texts

Mowforth, M. and Munt, I. (2015) Tourism and Sustainability: Development and New Tourism in the Third World. 4th ed. London: Routledge

Edgell, D. (2019) Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future, 3rded. London: Routledge

Academic journal articles and other resources

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