Overview of Phases

The Phases consist mainly of self-directed learning experiences through which students can work at their own pace and learn more about tourism in Queensland.

Phase 1
Tuning in - Connecting with the Topic
Students explore their own motives for visiting different places. They use this information to reconsider their existing views about tourism and to recognise that tourists are supported by, and contribute to, a system. They learn that while the majority of tourism activity is industry based, organisations like Tourism Queensland support and assist it. They explore the Tourism Queensland websites using a worksheet supplied and are introduced to more concepts associated with tourism. They use maps and tables to identify some trends in Queensland tourism.

Phase 2
Tourism - Benefits, Costs and Planning
Guided by selected sites, students consider both the benefits, or advantages, and costs, or disadvantages, which arise in attracting tourists. These are considered in relation to various groups of people, including residents of a region which is attracting tourists and Queenslanders and Australians in general. Students then use this information to consider both the benefits and costs of tourism in their local community. This is followed by an introduction to planning by looking at different types of plans and the planning process.

Phase 3
Investigating Changes in some Tourist Destinations
In small groups students explore particular Queensland tourist destinations and attractions. Guided by a model, they share what they find to reach conclusions about common Australian values, how they have changed over time and how tourism may influence and be influenced by them. Students then research a significant cultural heritage tourist destination.

Phase 4
Tourism and Economic Interdependence
In this Phase students create and test an hypothesis concerning global economic interdependence. Numerous sources of information are suggested to assist students complete this task. The importance of and ways of measuring the direct and indirect economic impacts of tourism are also covered.

Phase 5
Tourism, Globalisation and Australia's Culture
The focus in this Phase is on students using the information they have collected to this point to both extrapolate from it and draw conclusions about the influence of global conditions on Australia's tourism industry and culture in the future. Numerous sources of information are suggested to assist students complete this task. The development of Australian Indigenous tourism is then examined in this context.

Phase 6
Tourism as a Business and a Career
Students investigate Tourism as a business and tourism as a career and identify the current environment in which tourism businesses and workers are operating. This includes workforce challenges and career and employment opportunities. Students are guided through a selection of ‘on-line’ business assistance guides and compile their own ‘backpack’ (either in hard copy or as bookmarks). They then have the opportunity to use their ‘backpack’ of guides, tools, templates and contacts to research and formulate plans for their own tourism enterprise. Similarly, they use the ‘jobs, skills and careers web sites to produce a number of career pathways.

Phase 7
Tourism in the Asia-Pacific
Students review and extrapolate further to critically confront tourism issues in the Asia-Pacific area. Students will select a region in the Asia-Pacific area, and using all the concepts addressed throughout the module, create a profile of tourism in that region and identify future challenges. Two options for presenting the findings are suggested - an oral presentation and/or a magazine article. Numerous sources of information are suggested to assist students complete this task.