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Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

The Public Sector in Tourism and Hospitality

THM402 · Business Environment for Tourism and Hospitality — Week 1 of 16

CourseTHM402
Week1 of 16
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This week’s topics

The Public Sector in Tourism and Hospitality

  1. Destination management organisations
  2. Public infrastructure and planning
  3. Policy-making and regulation
  4. Public accountability and funding models

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the role of the public sector in the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 1.2 Describe the characteristics of public sector organisations in the tourism and hospitality industry.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the role of the public sector in the tourism and hospitality industry.

Study materials

Videos

  • Why Tourism Planning Is Important · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Tourism: The International Business (Mill, 2010), ch. 5: How is tourism organized? · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 115–129 · for registered students
  • OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024, Country profile: United Kingdom · PDF · Oecd, report; pp. 279–283 · for registered students
  • The de Bois Review: an independent review of Destination Management Organisations in England (DCMS, 2021) · PDF · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The Public Sector in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 2: Challenges in the Public Tourism Sector
  • Week 3: The Private Sector in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 4: Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 5: Internal Environmental Factors
  • Week 6: Internal Environment Measurement and Techniques
  • Week 7: The Macro-Environment in Tourism
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Micro-Environmental Dynamics and Monitoring
  • Week 10: Techniques for Quantifying the External Environment
  • Week 11: Strategic Environmental Assessment and Synthesis
  • Week 12: Applying Business Environment for Tourism and Hospitality i…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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