BA (Hons)
Management & Leisure
Introduction to Tourism
EDUC 10832
Assignment
2014/15
Answer the following question:-
“Internet usage now shapes the context for most holiday planning and booking.” (Mintel, Holiday Booking Process, November 2013).
Discuss the implications of this statement for the tourist industry.
The essay is about the implication of the ICT usage in the tourism industry, where Internet has many implication for the tourist industry. The essay requires to discuss them, but when start to discuss the question, consider the implication on the function of industry and its operational practices. Do not write more about the implication on consumer behaviour (you can write about it shortly), because the question want about the implication of the function of tourism industry. Write the implication on traditional travel agency and use specific examples to support your discussion. Use this (Mintel, Holiday Booking Process, November 2013). use this in order to support your discussion.
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Use enough like 7 or more and appropriate references to support your view. There are some special useful references to include the usage of them in the essay.
(Mintel, Holiday Booking Process, November 2013). use this in order to support your discussion.
1) http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/5126/ (one reference that should have to use, because loads of good points in it)
2) Fletcher, J., Fyall, A., Gilbert, D. & Wanhill, S. (2013) Tourism: Principles and Practice (5th edition), Pearson
3) eTourism: Critical Informationand Communication Technologiesfor Tourism Destinations
Dimitrios Buhalis, Daniel Leung and Rob Law
Write no more than 2,000 words
To be submitted via Blackboard by 2pm on Tuesday, 28th April, 2015 (100% of unit assessment)
Criteria for assessment
Introduction 10%
Selection and review of relevant source material 20%
Discussion of topic/theme, application and use of material 40%
Conclusion 10%
Referencing and bibliography 10%
Presentation and use of English 10%
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