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Current Issues in Hospitality
Assignment: Critical Research Report
Learning Outcome 1: Evaluate and apply research into identified current issues in hospitality
Learning Outcome 2: Make a research-informed assessment of the likely future direction of one key aspect of the hospitality industry
Learning Outcome 3: Plan and execute a substantial research-based project relating to current issues in the hospitality industry
ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS
This assessment is a major research project report undertaken on an individual basis. Your chosen research area (i.e. destination) and topic for Assessment 2 remains the same for this assignment. Your paper should be no more than around 2.500 words excluding references and appendix.
For this assessment along with Assessment 2, you are required to choose a country (or a region) as a case study destination showing a significant challenge to the national or regional tourism and hospitality sector. The research should identify key issues and aspects, and critically discuss these as well as suggest current or potential innovative and creative solutions and broader implications considering the ethical and social consequences. It is always recommended to refer to the UNTWO's SDGs. The 'significant challenge' has to be one of the topic areas we have covered in this unit, for example 'climate change', 'risk of food supply and food (in)security', 'political instability and terrorism', and 'technological change and its impacts'.
Your individual research paper should include:
1. a background information of your chosen country or region as well as your case study;
2. an introduction to the importance of its tourism and hospitality economy;
3. relevant maps and images;
4. a comprehensive breakdown of a significant challenge to the tourism and hospitality sector or economy;
5. a critical discussion of the innovative and creative solutions or potential solutions to the identified issues;
6. a comprehensive set of practical implications in a broader context of international hospitality and/or tourism industry considering ethical and social issues and consequences from diverse stakeholders perspectives; and
7. a concise conclusion
You are not permitted to research a significant challenge in Australia. Choose an international case study instead. It could be a case study of your country of origin as long as there is enough evidence and supporting material. Please incorporate the feedback of your fellow students and the lecturer into your final research paper.