Tourism and Leisure: Economic and Environmental Impacts- Report Writing Assignment

Internal Code: TV564

Report Writing Assignment:

Task: 1. Explain the tourism and leisure products and who provides and delivers these services 2. Appreciate the broad social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of tourism and leisure 3. Discuss how tourist and leisure activities are managed and marketed for a sustainable future 4. K3- Critically analyse the core professional obligations, values and operations of organisations including sustainability. 5. S2- Apply critical thinking to address issues in business. 6. S4- Demonstrate effective oral presentation skills for academic and professional audiences DESCRIPTION The blog is an exercise that has you find and share your reflections on interesting tourism and leisure related stories. This assessment requires three blog posts in total: two 500 word written blog posts plus one blended media blog post based on a field visit. Each blog post will be completed within PebblePad. Each written blog post may be about any tourism and/or leisure related phenomena that is of interest to you. This may include topics such as a leisure facility or resource, an event, a new tourism development, a marketing campaign, a destination, a government initiative to get people active, etc. You have wide scope to select topics that are of interest to you. The Field Visit Blended media blog post must be based on insights you have gained from a field visit to a leisure or tourism site. Entries 1 & 2: You should report on two phenomena as written blog posts and reflect on how they relate to the content you are learning within this subject. These entries should not simply be a description but rather should endeavour to either apply concepts you are learning to the phenomena you chose, or analyse the phenomena by asking sharp questions such as “who are the winners and losers?” Each post should not exceed 500 words (not inclusive of references) and may be illustrated with multi-media and hyperlinks to assist in reflecting on the issues. The stories may be related to each other, or may follow a theme across all entries, or, they can be completely unique from each other. You have flexibility in the topics you select and the concepts that you explore so that you may choose what interests and engages you as an individual. Entry 3: The third post within the blog will be the Field Visit Blended Media Entry. This post should be a combination of a written blog (between 200-500 words) with a self-made video that includes a blend of various media. The blended media video that will be between 4 and 5 minutes in length with written support that will not exceed 500 words. The Blended media is presented as a video but integrates different modes of digital communication in any combination, providing a creative way of communicating. The video must incorporate you narrating your script along with a blend of any of the following elements: Version: 2017 -9- 1. video and images taken by you on your field visit 2. voice-over narration 3. text 4. animations 5. 3rd party videos and images 6. video of you presenting