Order Description
Topic 3: Social Media and Tourism.
The increased reliance on and the use of social media has provided major
opportunities for hospitality and tourism services providers. Analyse the existing
research.

Assessment 1 – Individual
Assessment Method: Individual Assignment
Weighting: 20%
Word Limit: 800 words
Due: Friday 22
nd January before 11pm (Week 3)
Assessment Topic: Individual Assignment – preliminary investigation of a
THGE issue/problem
References: A minimum of 6 references is required.
The student must select a topic of interest from the list provided below in
Hospitality/Tourism/Gastronomy/Events which they have not undertaken as an
assessment piece in this or any other WAI subject.
Preamble:
An important preliminary task when doing research is to find the body of knowledge
that exists in relation to your research interest. This is done by reviewing the existing
literature and finding relevant information from creditable sources such as
established databases. This is known as conducting a literature review and is critical
to academic research and the basis for how you conduct the rest of your research
investigation.
In this assignment you will select one topic from the list below and do a preliminary
investigation (literature review) of an issue/problem within that topic area.
Pick your topic carefully and confirm with your tutor that your selection is acceptable
because this assignment will be the foundation for Assignment Two.
Research and discuss the issues from your chosen topic citing all sources of
information using the WAI referencing style which is the APA format.
All your references will be kept in your EndNote library.