Tourism II

Special Interest Tourism Course: Explore Diverse Tourism Sectors

• Study tourism | Festivals, cultural sites, events, environmental interest sites, health, adventure and business tourism and more | Explore tourism management, visitor planning, tour packaging etc.
• 10 lessons | 10 assignments | Written questions | Practical exercises | Self-assessment tests.  
• Tutor feedback from expert tutors | No deadlines for assignments | Work at your own pace.
• Expand your career opportunities in tourism with in depth knowledge of special tourism | Set up your own tour operation | Work in special tourism.

Lesson Structure

There are 10 lessons in this course:

1. Sectors of the Tourism Industry
   • Scope of the travel product (natural & cultural, events & sites)
2. Types of Tourism
   • Regional, Rural, Urban.
3. Accommodation Types
   • Resorts and Hotels, Camping, Back packers, Cruise etc
4. Cultural Tourism
   • Museums, Art galleries, Theatre, Indigenous tourism, Historic parks, Cultural vs Heritage tourism
5. Events & Festivals
   • Concerts, Exhibitions, Performances, Seminars, etc
6. Environmental Tourism
   • Zoos, National Parks, Wilderness Areas, nature based tourism, wildlife tourism and ecotourism etc
7. Health & Adventure Tourism
   • Health resorts, Bicycle & Walking Tours, Soft vs Hard Adventure Tourism
8. More Special Interest Tourism
   • Food & Wine, Tourism for demographic groups, Sex tourism
9. Visitor Management & Contingency Planning
   • Risk management (safety, financial, etc), insurance, environmental impacts, etc
10. Packaging a Tour
    • Planning the Itinerary; costing; delivery; review etc

Aims

• Differentiate between different types of tourism on a variety of bases, including: demographics, geography, economics, and culture.
• Compare a variety of different accommodation services provided in the tourism industry.
• Describe the operation of heritage and cultural tourism, including: historical, architectural, indigenous, and artistic attractions.
• Evaluate the tourism potential of events and festivals.
• Describe the management of passive natural tourist attractions, including wilderness areas, beaches, rivers, wildlife etc.
• Describe the operation of different types of tourism facilities that have a significant focus on health and fitness, including Health Resorts, Walking Tours and Cycling.
• Describe a variety of other types of special interest tourism, including food tourism, senior tourism and sex tourism.
• Plan and manage the number of visitors to different types of tourism facilities and develop appropriate contingency plans.
• Plan a package holiday incorporating a variety of accommodation and attraction options.

What You Will Do

• The course is more than theory, but it offers you choices in what practical tasks you undertake and how you undertake them, for example: you might do some or all of the following:
• Visit travel agencies or information centres
• Search the internet
• Write to a government travel authority/department
• Visit a local or regional tourist centre
• Study travel pages in a newspaper for both articles and advertisements
• Visit a library, bookshop or news stand and look at travel magazines
• Conduct interviews or surveys
• Attend events

What are natural attractions in tourism?

• Topographic sites, e.g. mountains, beaches, valleys, caves, canyons, volcanoes, reefs.

• Climatic sites e.g. hot places, cold places, humid places, dry places.
• Sites defined by location e.g. central or accessible sites, isolated or difficult-to-access sites
• Sites that feature certain plant or animal life e.g. forests, jungles, grasslands, meadows, deserts, zoos, botanic gardens
• Hydrological sites e.g. lakes, rivers, streams, waterfalls, mineral springs.
• Natural events e.g. eclipse of the moon, tidal changes, seasonal occurrences such as mating, animal and bird migrations, volcanic eruptions, rainy or dry season, changes in sea that might attract surfers, for instance.

Travel to natural attractions has a very long history, and has probably occurred since humans first developed a sense of aesthetics, maybe even earlier. Travel to these destinations was often arduous, and required determination, courage, a level of fitness, and sufficient wealth to allow the traveler to purchase food, labour, accommodation, transport and other materials for long periods. Today’s traveler, on the other hand, can reach most destinations easily and quickly, and services and facilities are usually readily available at the site or nearby, and he or she need not be fit or wealthy.

What are cultural attractions in tourism?

The main categories of these are:

• Prehistoric sites - e.g. Stonehenge, cave paintings
• Historic sites - e.g. museums, ancient monuments, graveyards, heritage-listed buildings, sites of significant events
• Contemporary cultural displays and events - e.g. museums, art galleries, modern architecture, theatre, festivals, fairs, exhibitions, international sporting events (e.g. World Cup or Olympics).
• Rural attractions - farms, wineries, mines, agricultural regions, agricultural technology or museums
• Retail attractions - large shopping malls, small specialist shops, markets, fashion houses, craft fairs or shows
• Recreational attractions –resorts, theme parks, golf courses, casinos, sports events.
• Cultural events e.g. festivals

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