Case 1a Mobilities - Concepts and Definitions of Travel, Tourism and Migration

Discuss the relationship between the definitions of Leisure, Recreation and Tourism.

Discuss the relationship between mobility and tourism

How does the inclusion/exclusion of different mobile groups influence the definition of

tourism?

How do definitions assist in our understanding of tourism?

Case 2a Crisis and Risk Management in Tourism

Discuss the vulnerability of the tourism industry in terms of natural disasters and world

events

Outline the importance of risk management within

i. individual tourism destinations

ii. tourism regions

How can the occurrence of a crisis in the tourism industry assist in future Crisis and Risk

Management?

i. Discuss this in terms of recent health crises

Case 3a Understanding the New Tourist

What factors have led to the changing nature of the consumer behaviour in the tourism

industry?

Discuss three key influences that have encouraged the growth of the new tourist

How will the consumer patterns of the new tourist affect the tourism industry in the future?

How can destinations cater to the consumer patterns of the new tourist?

Case 4a Analysing the World Pattern of International Tourism Flows

Discuss the factors that led to a rise in international tourism in the 1950s and 1960s, take into

account the supply and demand side factors

How did political and economic factors affect international business travel between the 1970s

and the new millennium?

How do the changing trends in generators and destinations influence the wider tourism

industry?

Discuss East Asia and the Pacific’s place in international tourism, take into demand and

supply side factors and the changing nature of generators and destinations.

Case 5a The Galapagos Islands: Balancing Resource Conservation and Tourism Development

Outline the problems facing the Galapagos in terms of conservation

How does the introduction of zoning and visitor management benefit and hinder tourism on

the islands?

Discuss the dilemma faced by Ecuadorian authorities in terms of the benefits of tourism and

the conservation of the islands

How will the ‘Special Law for the Galapagos’ benefit the islands from the perspective of

tourism and conservation? Does one cancel out the other?

Case 6a The Way of St James: the pilgrimage as a cultural resource

Discuss the historical and religious significance of Santiago de Compostela

How has the revitalisation of the pilgrimage, combined with tourism affected Santiago de

Compostela

How does pilgrimage fit into the definition of tourism?

Case 7a The impact of climate change on tourism

Discuss how climate change affects the tourism industry, use examples of specific types of

destinations (e.g. ski resorts or beach tourism) and then go onto to discuss how these

destinations can adapt to cope with the affects of climate change.

How will climate change affect the consumer behaviour of tourists?

Case 8a The significance of the El Niño Effect for tourism

What is the El Niño Effect?

Outline the affects of El Niño on tourism

Discuss how the tourism industry manage the El Niño Effect in terms of Crisis and Risk

Management

Case 9a Managing Transport at the Tourism Destination

Outline the positive and negative effects of surface transport on a tourism destination

What type of destinations would benefit from the introduction of Park and Ride Scheme and

alternative types of transport?

What are the positive and negative effects of scenic drives and tourist roads?

Case 10a Low-Cost Carriers: Revolution or Evolution?

Outline the concept of Low Cost Carriers

What the positive effects of LCCs on the tourism industry?

What are the negative effects of the LCC on:

i. Tourism industry

ii. Tourists

11a Space: The Final Tourism Frontier?

What are the main issues preventing space tourism?

Outline the phases in The Life Cycle of Space Tourism and discuss any issues that arise in each phase

Is Mars the ‘Final Frontier’ in tourism? If this is realised what would be future of tourism?

Case 12a Tourism as Agent of Poverty Alleviation

Discuss the advantages for Pro-Poor Tourism and outline some examples

Would the pro-poor strategies be purely beneficial? Discuss some possible negative effects.

Discuss some of the barriers to implementing pro-poor strategies in term of consumer

behaviour

Case 13a European Policy and Tourism

Outline why Europe is pre-eminent in the world’s tourism system

How have the Physical barriers, Technical barriers and Fiscal barriers been removed within in Europe? How has this benefitted the tourism industry?

Outline the positive and negative effects of a legal authority that would deal with tourism at a European level

Discuss how the tourism legislation over the years has affected the European tourism industry

Case 14a London Docklands – Waterfront Regeneration and Tourism Development

Discuss the benefits of tourism at a local scale, concentrating on a small area

Outline the factors that has led to the success of the Docklands as a tourist destination

Discuss the benefits of the Docklands’ variety of attractions in terms of:

i. Tourists

ii. Local community

What are the negative effects of Docklands rejuvenation, particularly to the local community?

Case 15a The New Forest: Managing Tourism in an Environmentally Sensitive Area

Outline how tourism is managed in the New Forest

How has the environment been taken into account in the management of the New Forest?

What are the problems surrounding multiple interested and legitimate stakeholders in the

management of the forest as a tourist destination?

Case 16a The Isle of Man: Rejuvenating a Cold Water Destination

What factors have resulted in lower visitor numbers?

How is the Isle of Man adapting itself as a destination to attract visitors?

How can the island use its natural and heritage attractions to draw in more visitors?

Case 17a Bruges: The Impact of Tourism in the Historic City

Outline the problems surrounding tourism supply that face Bruges as a historic city

Discuss the positive effects that the traffic control plan would have for tourism. What are the

problems that might arise?

Outline schemes that historic cities could implement to manage visitors, take into account the

problems faced by historic cities (space, access etc)

Case 18a The impact of winter sports tourism in the Austrian and Swiss Alps

Outline the problems facing the Alps in the 21st century

How is the tourism industry impacting the Alps in terms of environment? How can ski

industry manage their increasing environmental impacts?

What are the development dilemmas facing the Alps and tourism?

Case 19a Berlin: The revitalisation of a European capital

How did East and West Berlin use tourism to promote themselves during the Cold War?

How is Berlin using its heritage to reinvent itself and its tourism image?

Case 20a Venice- Heritage in Danger

Discuss tourism supply in Venice, how is this contributing to wider problems facing the city?

Outline the impacts tourism has had on the residents of Venice

Discuss the environmental issues facing Venice. How will these issues impact tourism?

Case 21a Tourism Issues in Yemen

Discuss the problems surrounding Yemen in terms of tourism image

What are Yemen’s main tourism resources? What are the problems faced in development of

these resources for visitors?

Case 22a Managing Nile Cruise Tourism

Outline the historic development of Nile tourism

What are the benefits of cruising the Nile for:

i. Tourists

ii. Local community

Outline some schemes to reduce the problems of Nile cruising, particularly in terms of

tourism supply

Case 23a CAMPFIRE: Local Community Involvement in Safari Tourism

What is CAMPFIRE?

What are the problems facing the rural areas of southern Africa? How can tourism help the

communities?

Outline the arguments for and against CAMPFIRE and the problems the scheme faces in the

future

Case 24a Vision 2010: A Tourism Strategy for Morocco

How does tourism benefit the population of Morocco?

Outline the main features of ‘Vision 2010’?

What developments are planned for Beach, Cultural and Rural Tourism? How will this

diversification of tourism resources affect tourism in Morocco? (Employment etc)

What are the issues surrounding ‘Vision 2010’?

Should ‘Vision 2010’ be used as model for tourism development in other countries?

Case 25a Dubai – Where the Future of Tourism Begins

How is Dubai using tourism to diversify the economy?

Describe how Dubai has utilised its natural and cultural resources as well as developing

‘artificial’ attractions, how does this help Dubai’s image as a tourism detination?

Discuss Dubai’s effectiveness in terms of tourism supply

What are the problems of this rapid development?

Case 26a Township Tourism

How is tourism being using in post-apartheid townships?

How is Soweto being developed to accommodate tourists?

What are the problems surrounding tourism supply in the townships?

Discuss the issues surrounding township tourism, how can these problems overcome?

Case 27a Adventure tourism in Nepal

How has Nepal utilised its resources in terms of attracting tourists to the country?

How has trekking impacted the country?

i. Economically

ii. Culturally

iii. Socially

iv. Environmentally

How is The Annapurna Conservation Area Project solving some of the problems trekking

has caused in the country?

How will the decrease tourist arrivals as a result of political unrest effect communities in

Nepal?

Case 28a The Maldives: Tourism in an Island Nation

How are the Maldives geographical location a problem in term of:

i. Tourism

ii. Supply and self-sufficiency

Discuss how tourism is important to the Maldives,

i. Economically

ii. Socially.

Discuss the issues surrounding transport in the Maldives?

How could cultural tourism be incorporated into the tourism experience in the Maldives?

Case 29a Kangaroo Island: Debating Tourism Development

Outline Kangaroo Islands’ tourism resources

How has the island managed the resources and attractions on the island in terms of

conservation and community?

Case 30a The Revisioning of Tired Destinations: Australia's Surfers Paradise

Outline the main factors of the Stagnation Phase (Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC))

What is the GVC? How is it approaching the ‘revisioning’ of the area?

Discuss the benefits of ‘revisioning’ over expansion and growth

Outline a scheme for the ‘revisioning’ of a stagnant tourist area

Case 31a Outbound Tourism from China

Discuss the three stages in the report on the Chinese outbound market made by the World

Tourism Organization in 2006 and the characteristics of the outbound market, how will

emerging consumer behaviour of Chinese tourists affect the broader tourism industry?

Discuss the effect of Approved Destination Status on the trends of Chinese outbound

tourism

How will the Internet change the nature of Chinese outbound travel?

Discuss the impact of a ‘new market’ on the tourism industry

Case 32a Tourism in Macau

How has Macau managed heritage tourism alongside Entertainment Complexes and Casinos?

How has tourism supply in Macau assisted in the growth and maintenance of the tourist

industry?

What are the main issues surrounding Macau’s tourist industry?

Case 33a Tourism in New York City

Outline some of the factors that makes New York City a major tourist destination (attractions,

locations, supply etc)

Discuss the impact of 9/11 on tourism in the city, and then outline some risk and crisis

management schemes to cope with future events.

Case 34a Nunavut: The involvement of indigenous communities in tourism in the

Canadian Arctic

How would tourism benefit the region and local communities?

Discuss the problems facing development in the region. Outline how these problems could be

overcome

What are the regions tourism resources? Suggest some ways these could be developed for

tourists.

Case 35a Tourism in Hawaii

Outline the historical development of tourism in Hawaii.

How has tourism affected the indigenous population of the islands? Subsequently how has

the indigenous culture influenced the tourism image of the islands?

What are Hawaii’s main tourism resources?

What effects has tourism had to the island environment?

Case 36a The Regeneration of Rio de Janeiro

Outline some of the factors that has made Rio a major tourist destination (attractions, supply

etc)

Outline the main factors in the regeneration of Rio, point to both positive and negative

factors.

Outline how each programme affected tourism in the city (demand, supply, attractions etc)

Case 37a Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Discuss the definition of eco-tourism, what factors should it include?

Outline the problems surrounding the Amazon communities, how can community-tourism be

beneficial?

How is ecotourism attempting to limit its effect on the environment, assisting the community

and encouraging sustainability?

What are the negative effects of community-based tourism in these regions?

Case 38a Antarctica: tourism or conservation?

What are the limits to tourism in Antarctica?

What are the factors leading to increased tourism to Antarctica?

Discuss the co-operation between the various stakeholders and the benefits this has for

tourism and conservation

What are the negative effects of tourism on Antarctica? How can this be rectified?