Flow of Report

Flow of Report:

Part 1: Introduction

1. Discussion of key literature of sustainable tourism indicators and the evolution of environmental change impacts;

2. Presenting the broad aims of your report;

3. The objectives utilised to achieve your aims;

4. Leading to the set of indicators that you have developed; and

5. Include a table of your derived indicators. You need to make the origin of your indicator clear to your reader (i.e. where did the original idea come from – which academic article or organisation did you develop the indicator from. You should include a Table as shown in Appendix 2).

Part 2: Method

You will need to a site description and discussion of how you evaluated the tourism product against your indicators. This should provide enough information for the reader to copy (replicate) your research. At this level of your development as a ‘researcher’ participant observation is likely to be the key method (you should refer to a social science research text for information on your method).

Part 3: Results

Link your observations with the indicators that you have derived. You may find that the use of some tables to summarise your results is an effective way of presenting information.

Part 4: Discussion

Discuss your findings in terms of evaluating a ‘sustainable tourism’ product through environmental change impacts and the use of your indicators.

Part 5: Conclusion/Recommendations

You need to conclude your discussion with:

1. Recommendations regarding the value and practical interpretation of your indicators.

2. Suggest some professional limitations of your field work and suggest ways in which your method could be improved for future professional investigations.

3. Suggest future use or recommendations arising from your findings for the sustainable development of your chosen tourism product.

Part 6: Reference List (NOT a Bibliography)

Use only the literature that you have cited in the text. Given that the field report is...