Tourism Essay Catch-Up

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 This week…

Have some
Let’s address
reflections upon
Lecture 3 feedback
how to approach it

And include some

Then think about the feedback on what
Essay question happened last year
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 Interim Feedback
• So… how’s it going???

1. What is working well?

2. What is not working so well?
3. How can we improve things?
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 Your questions over the past
week
• The essay!
• How do I find relevant material?
• Can I include tables and diagrams?
• Can I include appendices?

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 My feedback to your questions
• How do I find relevant material?
• Identifying the literature is part of the
activity really. It is all about piecing
together bits from different publications
to make your argument.

• Remember once you have one article

you really have multiple as the end
reference list will guide you to more
relevant materials…
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 My feedback to your questions
• If you put words such as tourism, health,
barriers to travel, disability, social tourism etc
in to Google Scholar this will bring up a host
of articles of relevance. From this select
sources and go onto the library website to
access them - that way you won't be charged
at all. You will find that it might only be a
paragraph here and there on the subject of
relevance. This is how the full reference need
for the essay is then met by piecing multiple
sources together.
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 My feedback to your questions
• Can I include tables and diagrams?
• No, it’s an essay…

• Can I include appendices?

• Not advisable. An essay is required. Try
and integrate the key themes into the
essay content.

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 Tourism Essay – 30%
• Edgell (2018) lists ‘Resolving barriers to
travel: visas, passports, immigration
issues, airline services, fees, and
delays’ as one of the top ten world
tourism issues for 2018.

• Critically evaluate the validity of this

listing addressing whether his examples
of barriers to travel go far enough. Use
examples to illustrate your arguments.8
 Tourism Essay – 30%

• Students are reminded that the following

important information is published in the
ULMS Undergraduate Student Handbook,
available on-line at:
• https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/intranet/manage
ment-
school/student_support_office/handbooks/

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 Tourism Essay – 30%
• The information includes advice on:
• How to reference your work
• Lateness penalties
• What to do if you require an extension
• The marking criteria that will be used for
this module
• The coursework requires dual
submission.

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 How do I structure an essay?
•Introduction; Main Body;
Conclusion; References – check
out the Study Skills Handbook
for details – online –
Management School intranet
• https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/intranet
/management-
school/student_support_office/handb
ooks/
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 Do I include headings?
• You have a limited word count available
• No need to use it on headings/sub-
headings
• Separate arguments/parts using
paragraph structures

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 Where do I find references for
the tourism essay?
• Find one article on your topic area and
then snowball the end ref list to find further
articles
• Search keywords within the Tourism
journals eg Tourism Management; Annals
of Tourism Research; Journal of Travel
Research
• Keywords include: barriers to travel, the
ones listed in the question eg visas,
passports etc plus others eg social tourism,
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 The key to success…
• There is no one answer to the essay
question
• You will only succeed if you READ and
REFERENCE your arguments
• All facts need a source
• All quotes need a page number
• All references in the text need Authors
surname (date) eg Jones (2015) says...
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 Do not…
• Include your own thoughts with no
references to back up your points
• Include a definition of tourism
• Include the full reference in the essay –
only need surname (date) in the essay
– full reference in the end list only
• Miss the essay question – this must be
central to your discussion – mention it
in the introduction and return to it in
the conclusion
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 What can we learn from
previous years essays?
• The average mark was in the 2:1 range
• What does that mean?
• “Well-structured and well-focussed answer
with strong evidence of reading beyond the
basic texts. Well-written with few linguistic
errors, thorough and comprehensive in
approach. Displays a good knowledge of
the subject matter and an ability to discuss
theories and concepts” (ULMS, 2013 –
UNDERGRADUATE MARKING CRITERIA
ASSIGNMENTS). 16
 A strong essay was…
• Clear and upfront about the angle to be
taken – in the introduction.
• Drew upon a range of reading materials
and recognised the differing quality of the
information sources being utilised.
• Linked all arguments to the essay context
• Recognised the literature was not all
published at the same time.

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 And more…
• Utilised egs to illustrate key arguments.
• Returned to the essay aim/assignment
question in the concluding part.
• Spent time on the conclusion – and made
sure this was clearly linked back to the
main themes covered within the essay and
the overall essay question posed.
• Was clearly, and appropriately referenced.
• Followed an essay style, written in a
narrative format, not reliant upon
diagrams. 18
 Let’s dissect the question…
• What are:
• Barriers to travel

• Remember – he provides examples of

these eg visas, passports etc

• Are there others of significance?

• do they go far enough? – let’s look at a lit
search for instance…
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 Stumbling blocks…
• Remember – 2018 – contemporary –
not years ago

• Are some areas covered more

frequently than others?

• How credible are our sources?

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 Sources to help…
• Study Skills Handbook
• https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/intranet
/management-
school/student_support_office/handb
ooks/
• Library ‘Know-How’ Resource
• http://libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/Know
How
• ULMS own support – ask at the Student
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