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Geography of Tourism
GGH2606
Semester module
Department of Geography
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CONTENTS
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1. Unit 0 Road map to GGH2606 2
2. Unit 1 The value of geography 13
3. Unit 2 The macro environment 23
4. Unit 3 Spatio-temporal perspectives on tourism 34
5. Unit 4 A geographical perspective on tourism resources 49
6. Unit 5 World patterns of tourism resources 58
7. Unit 6 The impacts of tourism 76
8. Unit 7 The sustainable tourism destination 93
9. Unit 8 Destination image of South Africa 103
1. Unit 0 Road map to GGH2606
This learning unit introduces you to the aim, outcomes and assessment of GGH2606, how to navigate in
this virtual learning environment, how to find source material online and what is expected of you in this
module.
Table of contents
0.1 Preface
0.2 How GGH2606 is organised
0.3 Your learning experience in the online environment
0.3.1 Blogs and discussion forums
0.3.2 The drop box and glossary
0.4 Study approach
0.4.1 Your chosen area as point of departure
0.5 Finding material online
0.5.1 Let9s Google it!
0.5.2 Using Google Scholar
0.5.3 Using the Unisa Library website
0.6 Writing academically and using sources correctly
0.6.1 Academic writing 1-2-3
0.6.2 Importance of referencing
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0.7 Assessment nitty-gritty
0.7.1 Assessment strategy and schedule
0.7.2 Video conferences
0.7.3 Choosing an area
0.7.4 First and second semester assignments
0.7.5 Grading of and feedback on assessments
0.7.6 The summative venue-based examination
0.8 What is expected of you?
0.9 What can you expect of us?
0.10 Acknowledgements
0.11 To end it off
0.1 Preface
Preface
Welcome to GGH2606: The geography of tourism which is set on NQF level 6 for 12 credits. We hope
that you will find this module and its approach interesting and that the insights you gain will not only find
an application in your workplace, but also enrich your personal life.
Please note I am your partner in the learning process and I am not just here to answer your questions.
Let9s discuss aspects; together we can all grow while doing this module.
Details of lecturer:
The details of the lecturer for this module will be published on the myUnisa site for GGH2606. Therefore
please ensure you view the announcements on the site to ensure you obtain the lecturer9s information.
On the successful completion of GGH2606, you should be able to interpret tourism patterns, processes
and issues within a geographical context and apply these insights to enhance the environmental
sustainability of tourism destinations in a variety of contexts. Various economic, environmental and
socio-cultural impacts are explored with regard to the development and management of sustainable
tourism.
Please note that the myUnisa website plays a fundamental role in the learning experience of GGH2606.
You need to visit and use the website for this module at least once a week. You will need to participate in
the discussion forums that will be facilitated and interact with the lecturer and your fellow students. In
other words, you will be learning through collaboration and not only on your own. You will learn more
about all of these in the sections that follow.
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