HOST 265 - Tourism and Destination Development & Planning

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Kapiolani Community College

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Description:

3 hours lecture per week Recommended Preparation: HOST 101. HOST 265 exposes students to planning, developing, implementing and managing tourism within a destination. This course presents tourism development as a process with its own organizational structures and its own responses to the economic cycle of supply and demand. Students study various destinations in order to analyze and identify the components of successful tourism programs. Upon successful completion of HOST 265, the student should be able to: Identify the historical growth and development of tourism. Explain the global significance and impact of tourism. Describe future trends and opportunities of tourism. Analyze the economic impact tourism have on a destination. Explain the effects of supply and demand and product life cycle have on a destination. Detect the social and environmental impacts tourism have on a destination. Propose the required agencies and organizations needed with in a destination to develop and manage tourism. Compare various destinations strategic plans to assess effectiveness. Identify various traveler behaviors and unite these with sustainable tourism development planning. Develop a tourism plan. Demonstrate knowledge of the components of an effective marketing plan for a destination.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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