Assignment #2 – Sustainable City Tourism Research
15%
28 Marks
DUE: Friday, March 17, 2023, by 11:59pm
Travel+Leisure
(https://www.travelandleisure.com)
The Editor of 2avel+Leisure(link is above), one of the worldàlargest and most reputable online
travel agazines(as contacted you. She has heard that you are studying tourism, and she
asked you to prepare an article about sustainable tourism in your favourite City.
Specifically, she has asked you write an article which requires you to do the following:
1. Choose one of your favorite tourist City ! City you have already been to or a City you
would like to travel to. You must choose a City .ot a ¥gionŠBriefly describe your City (including the name). You might include facts such as population
size, any interesting demographics; general location/terrain; natural or historic features;
some historical facts; fun facts; cool things that happen there; etc.
Discuss the cultural environment -What are the customs and traditions of your City? What
makes your City or community unique? These could be things like sports, flea markets,
celebrations or festivals (arts, music, food), museums, etc. (5 marks)
2. Research what the City has been doing to ensure their tourism industry remains
sustainable. From your research, identify the top 3 actions that the City is taking to ensure
their tourism industry remains sustainable. (6 marks)
3. For each of the 3 actions you identify, discuss whether you agree (or disagree) with the
action they are taking, and explain why you agree or disagree. (3 marks)
4. Discuss in detail one other action you would recommend that the City take to ensure
their tourism industry remains sustainable and explain why you are making this
recommendation. This must not be an action already discussed in # 3 above. (5 marks)
5. Within this city, select one hotel (be specific) and research 2 sustainable practices which
they have incorporated into their business. (4 marks)
6. Formatting (for example, proper paragraph structure), APA citations, grammar,
spelling, punctuation, reading of instructions, and quality of research. (5 marks)
The Editor has informed you that she cannot use your article without proper APA citations since
this could result in her company being sued. She has asked that you include References/citations
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Assignment #2 – Sustainable City Tourism Research
15%
28 Marks
DUE: Friday, March 17, 2023, by 11:59pm
for your research on a separate page. You must use APA Citation format (in-text citations with the
required quotation marks and citation, etc.). Failure to cite sources will result in the Editor not
being able to use your article and therefore you will receive a mark of for this assignment.
Since the Editor is a very busy person, she has asked you to ensure your article is no more than
800 words (excluding your attached Reference page). Articles over 800 words will have a 2 mark
reduction 3o think carefully about what you included in your article. Your article should be
between 600 and 800 words to ensure you have included sufficient content. You may include a
picture with your article if you wish to make it more attractive, but this is not required and there is
no mark impact for including or not including a picture.
Article professionalism, APA citations, grammar, spelling, punctuation, quality of research: 3 marks
SUBMISSION:
ord document ONLY. Do not reuse this assignment to answer the questions. Open up a
new word document.
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Spacing: Single
Margins: 1 inch all around
No more than 800 words
APA citations must be included in the body of the work (for ANY research you
conduct). For assistance please review:
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https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/
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Assignment #2 – Sustainable City Tourism Research
15%
28 Marks
DUE: Friday, March 17, 2023, by 11:59pm
Student Code of Conduct and/or another non-academic-related Seneca policy, the matter will be investigated and adjudicated through
the process found in the Student Code of Conduct.’UBRIC:
QUESTION
1. Description of City and various interesting
facts.
2. Research 3 actions the city is taking to
ensure tourism industry remains sustainable.
3. For each of the above 3 actions you
identify, discuss whether you agree (or
disagree) with the action they are taking,
and explain why.
4. Discuss in detail one other action you
would recommend that the City take to
ensure their tourism industry remains
sustainable and explain why you are making
this recommendation. This must not be an
action already discussed in # 3 above.
5. Within this city, select one hotel (be
specific) and research 2 sustainable
practices which they have incorporated into
their business.
6. Formatting (for example, proper paragraph
structure), APA citations, grammar,
spelling, punctuation, reading of
instructions, and quality of research.
Total
Marks
Alloted
5
Marks
Received
Comments
6
3
5
4
5
28
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