TOUR1000, 2015
TOURISM PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
EXAM REVISION
2015 Exam Structure
Section A: Multiple Choice Questions (15 marks) – answer all questions (worth 1 mark each).
Section B: Short Answer Questions (25 marks) - select and answer five questions (worth 5 marks each).
2015 Revision Questions
Students should use the following questions to guide their study of the course material. Staff will not discuss these questions with students. The questions are based on lectures, weekly readings and tutorial questions.
1.

What is tourism? Why are there so many definitions of tourism?

2.

Discuss the evolution of tourism studies. What is the historical sequence of tourism platforms of research?

3.

Explain the relevance of a systems approach to tourism studies.

4.

Identify and describe the five core elements of the basic whole tourism system.

5.

What is the definition of a tourist? What are the criteria used to define a tourist?

6.

What are the main travel purposes in contemporary tourism?

7.

What can we learn from tourism past and present that may help us project into the future of tourism?

8.

What was the Grand Tour? Does the Grand Tour have any modern day equivalents? Give examples.

9.

Why is Thomas Cook referred to as the father of modern mass tourism?

10. Identify and describe each of the ‘push’ factors that are associated with increased tourism demand.
11. Identify and describe each of the ‘pull’ factors that attract tourists to destination regions.
12. Tourist attractions can be discussed under four main categories. What are these categories? Provide examples of each. 13. What is the study of tourist motivations concerned with? What are some of the key theories that explain tourist motivation? 14. What is ‘authenticity’? How have debates about tourism as a search for authenticity developed?
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