C ountry: NORWAY! Style:Report! (Good use of headings and sub headings) Pages to be numbered References: Harvard (Only academic, variety such as reports, articles etc) Provide good evidence and analysis and dont write short sentences without any source to back it up. COUNTRY:NORWAY! The report must focus more explicitly upon a critical appraisal of the policy. Try to imagine that your report is to be presented to a team of experts who are compiling a global report on tourism policy trends and effectiveness.
1. Outline the key elements of tourism in the country. What is tourism’s contribution to GDP? What are the main national markets? How many tourists? What type of tourism? When did it start and how has it developed? (This is a very brief section)
2. A balanced range of the issues as currently identified by policy makers and by other stakeholders. Could be climate change, difficulties of gaining Visas, the impact of FDI, the lack of FDI, recruitment of labour, cultural and political issues, quality of hotels, wrong types of tourists, poor quality of service etc. How long have these issues been apparent? How serious are they? You need to put them into order of importance.
3. Introduce the National tourism policy/strategy and how it has/is changing. Outline the policy and planning framework showing who does what and how relevant stakeholders engage with the key policy body, which is generally central government. Which bodies do what? Where does power lie? What is the relationship between the public , private and third sectors? Is the framework state-led, private sector-led or a third way mixture of partnerships? How do key stakeholder relationships impact on the policy-making process?
4. How have the policies/strategies you have identified impacted and engaged with the issues detailed in 2 above? Which issues have engaged policy-makers and which, if any, have been ignored and why? Which issues have been prioritised and why?
5. If policies have not been successful then why is that the case? What are the barriers to successful implementation of policy?
6. Provide some realistic recommendations to address the issues that are not being dealt with very well by policy.
NOTE: Students are expected to show an in depth critical awareness of the issues around policy and planning in their specific case study and to be able to relate their case study to the wider debates about tourism policy and planning. Only use academic references Harvard style! Harvard reference system must be used. The report must incorporate references to academics journal materials to support the critical discussion. Assessment Criteria
• Research – appropriateness, depth, range and quality of information sources • Structure- clarity of organisation, logic, coherence, completeness and appropriateness re. the brief
• Content – relevance, critical content
• Documentation – correct and full use of Harvard referencing system
• Presentation – use of report format and layout
• Written style – clarity, approp riateness, grammatical correctnes
