Course

Adventure Tourism and Entrepreneurship (BRL370)

Special Interest tourism examines the complexities of the special interest tourism sector. As travel markets become more sophisticated, travellers seek more authentic experiences for their leisure, pleasure and recreation, and their needs are driven more from individual preferences today than ever before.


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Semesters

Fakta

Emnekode

BRL370

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Autumn

Timeplan

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Content

This unit examines the complexities of the special interest tourism sector. As travel markets become more sophisticated, travellers seek more authentic experiences for their leisure, pleasure and recreation. The unit examines some of the ways in which the growing demand is being met, the nature of activities designed to satisfy these expectations and the variety of locations in which this is happening. The course begins with an overview of changing market expectations. Specific niche areas are examined in detail. Adventure Tourism, indigenous tourism, health tourism, cruise tourism and Sports tourism are all focus areas of the unit although other specialist areas are discussed in class.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Upon completion of this course, the candidate:

  • Will gain an integrated view of the increased special interest tourism industry as a result of changing market expectations
  • Will gain comprehensive knowledge about different special interest tourism categories and its relation to the general tourism industry
  • Will gain knowledge about the different management styles and issues related to the special interest tourism industry.
  • Will gain in-depth knowledge about several niches within special interest tourism (e.g. adventure tourism, sports tourism and dark tourism)

Skills

Upon completion of this course, the candidate:

  • Can understand the nature and scope of the special interest tourism development and how it relates to global tourism trends
  • Will be able to analyze the styles of the products being developed to accommodate the requirements of the demand for tourism experiences
  • Can apply his/her knowledge in the tourism industry to identify the possibilities for special interest tourism activities in different areas

General Competence

Upon completion of this course, the candidate:

  • can reflect on his/her own knowledge and participate in discussions related to future concerns and development of special interest tourism within a global context
  • is able to contribute with critical thinking on the future of special interest tourism and its challenges related to e.g the risk element, environmental issues, ethical considerations etc.
  • is able to discuss and reflect upon the state-of-the art in research within the special interest tourism field

Forkunnskapskrav

Introduction to Tourism (BRL140)

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid Exam system Withdrawal deadline Exam date
Folder evaluation 1/1 Letter grades Inspera assessment 01.11.2015 —
Midterm exam 1/1 1 Hours Approved/ Not approved Inspera assessment — —
Paper 1/1 Approved/ Not approved Inspera assessment — —
Final exam 1/1 1 Hours Approved/ Not approved Inspera assessment — —


Folder evaluation content:

Midterm exam, 1 hours, 20%

Paper, 40%

Final exam, 1 hours, 40%

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen/vurdering

Mandatory oral presentation of group project

Fagperson(er)

Course coordinator:

Truls Eric Johan Engström

Course teacher:

Håkon Lund

Åpent for

Hotel Management - Bachelor's Degree Programme Tourism Management - Bachelor's Degree Programme
Exchange programme at Faculty of Social Sciences

Emneevaluering

The course will follow the student evaluation procedures determined by the university and the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Litteratur

Novelli, M. (2005) Niche tourism - contemporary issues, trends and cases Elsevier, Oxford ISBN 0-750-6613-3-X, 264pp

Trauer, B. (2006) Conceptualizing special interest tourism - frameworks for analysis Tourism Management, Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 183-200

Buckley,R. (2007) Adventure tourism products: Price, duration, size, skill, remoteness. Tourism Management, Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 1428-1433

Walle, A. H. (2007) Pursuing risk or insight : Marketing Adventures

Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 265-282

Bentley, T. A. & Page, S. J. (2001) Scoping the extent of adventure tourism accidents Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 705-726

Strange, C. & Kempa, M. (2003) Shades of dark tourism: Alcatraz and Robben Island Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 30, Iss.2, P 386-405

Recommended Reading

Douglas,. N., Douglas, N. and Derrett R. (2001). Special Interest Tourism: context and cases, John Wiley, Brisbane. Selected chapters

Special interest tourism : Edited by Betty Weiler and Colin Michael Hall. Belhaven Press: London ISBN 1 85293 072 1, 1992, 214 pages Selected chapters

Kontakt

Course coordinator:

Truls Eric Johan Engström

Course teacher:

Håkon Lund

Tilbys av

Faculty of Social Sciences

NHS - Department of Leadership and Service Innovation

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 2