Pick a destination or organization of your own choice and discuss how they are working with sustainability.

Written Assignments: Essay

There will be two written assignments which students have to complete. Each essay should

be a maximum of 1500 words (excluding references) and not less than 1000 words (excluding references).

 

Essay 1:

Topic: Pick a destination or organization of your own choice and discuss how they are

working with sustainability.

 

Value: 3 credits

Word Limit: 4 pages=1100 words (excluding references)

Format: APA format. Please use a 12-point font size. Please use 2.0 line spacing.

 

NOTE: When writing an academic paper, it is important to think about what your argument or

discussion will be. How are you going to answer the question? What is the question asking?

What do you need to discuss in order to answer the question?

 

As part of the process to answering the questions, you will need to read and review relevant

literature to support your topic. It is expected that you will go beyond the course literature

and search and find other sources to support the argument you make in your essay. Utilize

resources from the University Library and on‐line searches. These resources will include

academic journal articles, academic books as well as industry resources, newspaper articles

and other sources.

 

To think about when writing your paper:

 The paper must be written in an academic way; clear and well structured, with proper

referencing and demonstrate a development of your thoughts throughout the work.

 Use correct English and try to avoid words like “I”, “me”, “mine” (i.e. use of first

person). It is ok to use these words in the introduction and in the discussion but try to

avoid it elsewhere in the paper.

 Let other people, not included in your group, read your paper before you hand it in.

Perhaps they detect something that is not clear or have suggestions on how to improve

your work.

 Remember to reference the information you use in your text. Simply copying and

pasting text from other sources equals plagiarism. You need to be absolutely sure that

you have referred to all of your sources in your text and in your reference list.

 

The general structure of the paper that you need to follow:

  • Title page with the title of your essay, your name, course information and the name of

the course coordinator

  • Introduction; here you provide some background information on your topic, state your

aim and research questions

  • Reviewing and Discussing the Literature; in these paragraphs you inform the reader of

what you have found in the literature and make critical assessments of the material you have found

  • Conclusion; in this part, you discuss how you have answered the essay question and

perhaps suggest other avenues that the reader could explore.

  • References; in the reference list the reader will be able to get full information on the

sources you have used

  • If you include any tables and figures in your essay, then they need to be numbered

throughout your paper and the original source of the table or figure needs to be

referenced (i.e. Figure 1. Title of your figure. Source: Reference).

 

Other useful information:

  • References: try to use 10 references; at least 5 should be academic references. You can also use news articles, YouTube videos, statistics, industry reports, personal conversations plus many more sources.
  • Formatting references: APA style

Course Materials: (others are attached in the file and sent through contact support since the PDF file is not supported by the website.)

 

Important lectures:

  • Conceptualising Sustainable Tourism Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpYyNiyA2c

 

  • How to Nudge Environmental Behavior with Prof Sara Dolnicar

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy7WMeCUr9g

 

Short clip videos:

  1. The Importance of Tourism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KzDBaau7I

 

  1. The environmental impacts of tourism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTIOeU6a3Pk

 

  1. Air pollution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDyvH7xEco

  1. What does Backstage Paradise look like? -Rubbish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QAvvdKkGgY

  1. Effects of climate change in Kiribati – Quick facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH5m2PTp34M

  1. Uncivilized Chinese Tourists Provoke Outrage Abroad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j9bLIg84XM

If you have any questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you so much! 😊