Think of this assignment as chapter two and three of your research paper. Only submit the Literature review and Proposal (Do not include your Introduction and methodology - especially the references for those sections).

Worth: 25 percent of total assessment Length: 2000 words (excludes Tables, Graphs and References)

Topic: You are employed by the Department of Sustainable Development and Tourism as a Research Staff Member. Minister David Smith has been asked several questions lately about the major causes of environmental effects on tourism and related tourism policies of your chosen developed country/or region. There is an outgrowing demand for tourism both in developed and developing countries. The Minister is new to the portfolio and has very limited knowledge on this subject. He has requested to his Department to prepare a brief report on this topic. The Minister's memorandum of request has been assigned to you. As a research staff you are free to select any country (or region). Please make sure the report should be based on your individual research. This is your first briefing official report, and your Divisional Director instructs you to make sure that you cover all points made by the Minister in his memo of request. After receiving report from each member from his Department, the Divisional Director will summarise it for the overall performance of tourism policies of your chosen country in achieving growth and sustainable development. Please remember: i) You work here in a multi-disciplinary environment with staff with no background from Economics discipline. You need to explain each economic tool in a simple manner to prepare this report. ii) The Minister is fanatical about two things: Proper layout of presentation and following deadlines. Be sure to follow the advice given below for the presentation of your written work.

Presentation of Written Work: a) Make sure you have name, degree code and student ID number in the front cover sheet. The report should be stapled in one corner. Please do not use any plastic folder. b) The report must be typed. Pages should be properly formatted. c) Any graphs / diagrams must be adequately labeled, and accompanied by a sufficient commentary to indicate their meaning and purpose. d) Publication details of all works cited should appear at the end of the report, under the heading ‘References’. An acceptable format such as, Baumol, William (1986), ‘Productivity Growth, Convergence and Welfare’, American Economic Review, 76, pp 1072-85. e) Be sure to keep a hard copy (and a backup disk). f) Co-operation in identifying key concepts to prepare any report is a useful learning practice and is encouraged in this unit. However, students must prepare their written work individually. You should quote all references and any kind of plagiarism will be severely penalized. Include the faculty assignment cover sheet. If a student is found to have committed plagiarism or another form of cheating the penalty may include disallowance of the work (zero marks). Alternatively, a student may be referred to the Faculty Discipline Committee. If you do not understand plagiarism it is your responsibility to seek advice from your lecturer to ensure that you fully understand this important issue. Please note: when you sign the assignment cover sheet you are attesting that you have not plagiarized or cheated.

MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Memorandum To: Divisional Director From: Minister David Smith

E: -Tourism and Sustainable Development Request of Briefing Report Date: July 25, 2016

It’s happened again. Someone from the media cornered me at the Tourism Conference last week and asked me to make a comment regarding the above issue. I need to report a detailed analysis on tourism sector and related of sustainable growth in our economy/region. This is the third time within a couple of months I’ve been approached to comment and it is an issue I’ve yet to come up to speed on. I have the feeling that this is a serious issue and we need to be seen to consider it seriously for sustainable growth in future. Since I know very little about this issue I need to be filled in on all of the following. 1. Primary sources of tourism income of your chosen country/region and changes since last couple of decades 2. Environmental impact on tourism (if any) 3. Major changes in policies in this sector (if any) 4. Overall growth of the economy and the role of tourism sector since last two to three decades 5. Identify barriers and incentives for promoting this sector considering the supply-chain in this sector 6. Does tourism sector promote sustainable development for your chosen country/region? 7. Overall assessment