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Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Macro-Environmental Drivers of Industry Growth

THM406 · The Development of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry — Week 2 of 16

CourseTHM406
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Macro-Environmental Drivers of Industry Growth

  1. Early computer reservation systems and GDS
  2. Rise of disposable income and middle classes
  3. Demographic shifts and aging populations
  4. Growth of low-cost carrier models

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Explain the impact of technological, economic and social changes on the development of the tourism and hospitality industry.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the impact of technological, economic and social changes on the development of the tourism and hospitality industry.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Tourism: The International Business (Mill, 2010), ch. 1: Tourism: its historical development · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 5–38 · for registered students
  • Tourism for Development: 20 Reasons Sustainable Tourism Counts for Development (World Bank Group, 2017) · Reading · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Historical Evolution of Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 2: Macro-Environmental Drivers of Industry Growth
  • Week 3: Contemporary and Future Drivers in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 4: Determinants of Tourist Demand
  • Week 5: Theories of Tourist Motivation
  • Week 6: Travel Intermediation and Distribution
  • Week 7: Structure and Typologies of the Tourism and Hospitality Sec…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Organisational Scale, Structure, and Destination Business F…
  • Week 10: Fundamentals of Destination Management
  • Week 11: Strategic Challenges in Destination Management
  • Week 12: Applying The Development of the Tourism and Hospitality Ind…
  • 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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