e-Learning activity - Tourism throughout the Asia-Pacific region

Regional Relations in Asia and the Pacific (#AST1000)
Tourism - Conceptual overview
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e-Learning activity summary

Summary:	Research types of tourism and their impacts in a region of your choice
	6 - 7 hours to complete your research
	This activity is linked to the assignment (tourism brochure) for this microcourse.

Stimulus resources

Singapore - The place to be

Purpose

To identify and become more familiar with tourism throughout the Asia-Pacific region, paying attention to the types of tourism in the region and the impacts of tourism on societies, cultures and regional economies.

Learning outcome actions

1. Begin researching information on tourism in the Asia-Pacific region. Start generally and then refine your search as you progress.
2. First, explore and report on two different types of tourism present in the region in 150-200 words. (That is, Eco-tourism, Cultural-tourism, Heritage-tourism, religious-tourism)
3. Explore and report on the impacts of tourism (in general) on societies, cultures and regional economies. This research can be either a particular state or a group of states in the region. Your findings for this examination should be 300-350 words.
4. Prepare a blog post (recommended) or personal learning journal entry using a word processor or Google document.
5. Remember to apply the RRAP104 tag (or label) to your post. (This is needed for harvesting your post for the course feed.)