TOU301: Tourism Policy and Planning

The role and functions of governments in policy, planning, regulation and management of tourism and hospitality are often pervasive. Explore the politics of tourism and public policy, including principles of public policy formulation and planning for tourism, structures and forms of government involvement with tourism, decision-making processes by governments and their bureaucracies, and the integrated nature of government and the private sector vis-a-vis tourism. Explore different approaches to tourism policy, planning and development by governments in Australia, and elsewhere.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; simulation workshops: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	TOU102 Introduction to Travel and Tourism, TOU101 Introduction to Tourism Systems, TOU201 Sustainable Tourism or enrolment in Postgraduate Tourism studies. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed S226 Tourism Policy and Planning may not enrol in this unit for credit.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Diane Lee Position: Snr Lecturer in Tourism E-mail: D.Lee@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.022 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2616
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Diane Lee Snr Lecturer in Tourism (D.Lee@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2616 Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.022 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)