ASSIGNMENT OUTLINE
Assignment title: Alternative Destinations
Weighting: 25%
Faculty responsible: Mr. Jaime Hervas / Mr. Roberto Rodríguez / Mr. Álvaro Hidalgo
Programme: MEIHM.
Course name: Innovative, Alternative and Sustainable Trends in Tourism
Course number: M 9117
Hand-out date: Friday, 11th November 2022
Hand-in Faculty: Latest, Sunday 11th December 2022 – 23.55 via Moodle
Assignment Overview:
The student will research on alternative hospitality destinations related to the trends discussed in unit 4. The
student must create a power point presentation (or similar) on an alternative touristic destination to show its
characteristics, accommodation, and activities available for travellers searching for alternative options.
Overall aim:
To enable students to research alternative options available and its characteristics applying the content
covered in the unit.
Learning outcomes:
1. Appraise the main characteristics of alternative and sustainable trends.
Organisation and methodology:
Every student will need to select one of the alternative trends introduced in the handout 4.1 of Topic 4 and
create a presentation (power point or similar) of a destination of the alternative trend chosen.
The presentation should include a maximum of 15 slides and should follow the following sequence:
Cover page including student’s full name and number, course name and code, LRM logo, name of
destination, and the alternative trend chosen.
Table of contents.
Introduction of the destination (city, region or area): Location, weather conditions, number of
inhabitants, transportation available, etc.
Characteristics of the destination that make it a good example of the alternative trend chosen.
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Alternative accommodation available at the destination. Number of hotels (categories, size, types)
and other available alternative lodging operations. Justify why the proposed options are considered
alternative.
Activities available at the destination. The activities should be related to the alternative trend chosen.
Students must present a total of 6 different activities, and every activity should be explained and
justified, i.e. why it is an activity related to the trend. The cost per person (if any) must also be
included.
Additional resources. Student must include here any additional information such as video or a piece
of news to support the information provided in previous slides.
References. All material used in the assessment must be referenced.
Typing instructions: N/A
Word count: N/A
Resources available:
All sources are acceptable: Library, E-library, Web, etc.
4.1 Alternative Trends available in Moodle in topic 4
1.4 Responsible Traveller available in Moodle in topic 1 (section 1.4)
The Slow Revolution video available in Moodle (topic 4)
Assessment tasks & weighting
Assessment task Weighting
Format / Layout (professional, easy to follow, …) 10%
Introduction to the destination 25%
Accommodation available (complete and aligned with trend chosen) 10%
6 proposed activities (activities related to the trend and properly justified) 35%
Resources (accuracy, updated, reliable, …) 10%
References 10%
Common skills: assessed (bold) or developed (italics):
MANAGING AND DEVELOPING
SELF
1.Manages own role
and responsibilities
2. Manages own time in
achieving objectives.
4. Transfers skills gained
to new and changing
situations and contexts.
5.Uses a
range of
thought
processes
COMMUNICATING
9.Receives and
responds to a
variety of
information
10.Presents
information in a
variety of visual
forms
11.Communicates in
writing
MANAGING TASKS AND SOLVING
PROBLEMS
13.Uses
information
sources
14. Deals with a
combination of
routine and nonroutine tasks
15.Identifies and solves
routine and non-routine
problems
Special instructions:
This is an individual assessment.
The presentation should not contain more than 15 slides. If a student includes more, only the first
15 slides will be taken into consideration in the evaluation.
The presentation should be presented in Power Point or pdf format. No other formats will be
accepted