Specific

Students will be able to:

A. Identify the components of the international hospitality and tourism industry.
   1. {Core} be able to identify the key hospitality and tourism industry providers.
    2. {Core} be able to explain how the overall hospitality and tourism experience is an interrelated and interdependent series of
        elements leading to the total travel experience.
    3. {Core} be able to explain history of the lodging industry.
    4. {Core} be able to explain the history of the food and beverage industry.
    5. {Core} be able to describe and explain the modes of international travel.
    6. {Core} be able to identify explain the worlds major tourism venues referring name, size, location, type and other descriptive
        factors.
    7. {Core} be able to conduct basic hospitality and tourism specific research.
    8. {Peripheral} be able to identify the major international tourism markets by demographic, psychographic and geographic
        description.

B. Identify and explain the economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the hospitality and tourism industries.
     1. {Core} be able to explain the definition of, characteristics of, advantages of and disadvantages of sustainable tourism.
    2. {Core} be able to explain the definition of, characteristics of, advantages of and disadvantages of mass tourism.
    3. {Peripheral} be able to identify and explain the cultural impacts of tourism development.
    4. {Peripheral} be able to identify and explain the environmental impacts of tourism development.

C. Describe the role of international hospitality and tourism organizations, bureaus, authorities.
    1. {Core} be able to explain the purposes of international tourism organizations.
    2. {Core} be to explain the roles of national and state hospitality and tourism authorities on the formulation of hospitality and
        tourism policies.
    3. {Peripheral} be able to identify explain the roles of FSM state and national tourism authorities.