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Authenticity * History * Sustainability |
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Please see Sac
State
class schedule for scheduling
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182: Travel & Tourism |
Examination
of the history, significance and nature of travel and tourism
in the world with emphasis on the United States. Analyzes
economic, cultural and social factors underlying development
and growth of travel and tourism and a review of related
research. Identification and description of travel and tourism
service providers including their organization, financing and
management practices.
This elective is offered in the spring only. It partners well
with RPTA 184: Hospitality Administration. |
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Quincy Market::Boston, MA
Cities
around the United States use different methods of marketing themselves
as tourist attractions. Boston uses its history. Faneuil
Hall Marketplace is one of tourism, retail and urban design’s most
successful projects, although the end-effects of tourism are not
always desirable. The original Quincy Market had fallen into disrepair
and under-use. James Rouse,
urban alchemist, created a new wave of urban tourism for the United
States with this project by combining Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall into the world’s first
“festival marketplace.” Local vendors added atmosphere and were
supported by a limited number of national chain. A victim of its own
success, the local vendors have all but been replaced by standard mall
eateries, turning Quincy Market into something not much
more than a mall food court in a very old building. Still, its
influence with planners and popularity with tourists cannot be denied. |
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