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Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Researching Development Issues in Tourism

THM703 · Tourism Policy and International Development — Week 10 of 16

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This week’s topics

Researching Development Issues in Tourism

  1. Development indicators and Human Development Index metrics
  2. Community needs assessment methods
  3. Socio-ecological vulnerability mapping
  4. Primary and secondary data triangulation
  5. Primary And Secondary Research Sources | What Is Primary And Secondary Data?
  6. Primary and Secondary Research

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Research development issues in an international context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: research development issues in an international context.

Study materials

Videos

  • Primary And Secondary Research Sources | What Is Primary And Secondary Data? · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 10 min · for registered students
  • Primary and Secondary Research · YouTube · Galton College · 22 min · for registered students
  • Tourism Observatory of Navarra, Spain. Measuring tourism employment: Data sources and challenges · YouTube · UN Tourism · 13 min · for registered students
  • Guanajuato's Tourism Observatory, Mexico. Management of data sourcing · YouTube · UN Tourism · 13 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Human Development Report 2025: Technical notes (UNDP) · PDF · Un, guidance · for registered students
  • Human Development Index data centre (UNDP) · Reading · Un, report · for registered students
  • The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations and Evolution of Tourism Policy
  • Week 2: Approaches to Tourism Policy Formulation
  • Week 3: Multi-Scalar Governance and Institutional Frameworks
  • Week 4: Theories of International Development
  • Week 5: Evaluating Developing Nations in the Global Tourism Economy
  • Week 6: Destination Impacts of International Tourism
  • Week 7: Relational Dynamics in Sustainable Tourism Development
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Tourism and the Global Development Agenda
  • Week 10: Researching Development Issues in Tourism
  • Week 11: Project Planning for Tourism-Led Development
  • Week 12: Applying Tourism Policy and International Development in pr…
  • 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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