University of Sunderland

TLH210 Current Issues in Tourism and Hospitality

 

Assessment: Magazine Article

Assessing learning outcomes 1‐4 and contributing 100% of module mark

Canvas Submission Deadline: Tuesday 17TH June 2025 by 2 pm

Module Leader: Johnny Leung

Module Lecturer: Dr. Aaron Yankoholmes

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, students will have demonstrated:

Knowledge

  1. An understanding of current issues in tourism.
  2. An understanding of theories and concepts of tourism.

 Skills

  1. The ability to make connections between academic literature and popular media accounts of tourism issues and problems.
  2. The ability to communicate concepts and analysis in written form.

Assessment: Magazine Article

Value: 100% of module mark

Assignment word count: 3,000 words

Scenario:

You are working for ‘The World of Hospitality’ magazine as a trainee travel consultant and you have been asked to write an article on the current and controversial issues in the Hospitality, and Tourism industry.

The magazine article should explore a current issue in tourism which interests you and inspires your imagination. You can focus on the controversy, issue, or case study that you find interesting and analyze it critically.

Therefore, your task is to choose one topic from the below list and write a magazine article (3,000 words) covering one of the following topics:

  • Dark Tourism
  • Disaster Tourism
  • Solo Tourism
  • Adventure Tourism
  • Cultural Tourism
  • Art, Media, and Music Tourism
  • Sports tourism
  • Health Tourism
  • Human-Machine Interaction in Tourism (Virtual Reality or Artificial Intelligence)
  • LGBTQ+ Tourism
  • Medical Tourism
  • Narcotic Tourism
  • Sex Tourism
  • Space Tourism
  • Toxic Tourism
  • War Tourism
  • Wildlife Tourism

The magazine article’s structure will be discussed in the workshop and the title should be approved by the lecturer.

The magazine article content will follow the rigour of Academic writing. Thus, you are expected to include a reference list.

Assessment Regulations

For further information regarding Assessment Regulations, extenuating circumstances or extensions and academic integrity, please refer to your Programme Handbook on the University of Sunderland in London information page on Canvas.

 

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