Exploring Tourism/Resources/Lesson Plans/Lesson Plan 12

Diploma in Applied Travel and Tourism

Course Name: Exploring Tourism

Course Code: TT520001

Lesson Plan

Aim: To understand the economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism

Lecture Delivery Plan:

1. Follow wiki economic impacts - definitions including:

• balance of payment, multiplier effect and leakage, direct, indirect and induced, income and employment, inflation effect

• look at eg of economic benefits to trinidad and tobago TSA report from WTTC

Tasks:

• Research balance of payment for Japan, USA and NZ

• Examples of indirect income from Speights tour - link to website from wiki

• What taxes does NZ impose on tourists? eg visa fees - ran out of time - class finished here

• Link to activity - in pairs research economic benefits tourism brings to a region

2.Socio cultural