A friendly yellow-eyed penguin at Taieri MouthMeet today with Leigh (EDU) and Andy Thompson (School of Adventure) to discuss working together to develop electives which would be of benefit to both tourism and adventure.
We discussed the term "Adventure Tourism" and its many definitions. From our point of view I felt it was more to do with providing students with a taster of what was available from tourism operators in NZ eg. mountain biking, kayaking, snow boarding, climbing. This could be combined with some theoretical eco tourism papers.
We also looked at an elective which students from the adventure school would find beneficial. This would probably centre around tourism management papers and be delivered 80% online with block tutorial sessions.
Overall a successful session and one which we will both be able to build on.
2 comments:
Great Hillary. Maybe we could outline the possible working relationships that may come out of that meeting some time.
How do you think the approach I showed you for the course will go?
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I really liked the approach you showed me and would like the rest of the T&T team to see what will be in store for them.
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