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Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Strategic Challenges in Destination Management

THM406 · The Development of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry — Week 11 of 16

CourseTHM406
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Challenges in Destination Management

  1. Managing overtourism and resident displacement
  2. Crisis management and destination resilience
  3. Balancing economic growth with ecological preservation
  4. Funding constraints and stakeholder conflict resolution

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Assess the contemporary factors that will affect the future development of the tourism and hospitality industry.
  • 4.3 Analyse the common issues faced by destination management organisations in a tourist destination.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the contemporary factors that will affect the future development of the tourism and hospitality industry.

Study materials

Videos

  • Overtourism- How Mass Tourism Is Impacting The World · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 9 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The de Bois Review: an independent review of Destination Management Organisations in England (DCMS, 2021) · PDF · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • UNWTO Guidelines for Institutional Strengthening of Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) (2019) · PDF · Un, guidance · for registered students
  • GSTC Destination Criteria v2.0 with performance indicators and SDGs (2019) · PDF · Other, framework · 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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