Assessment 04

Table of Contents

Assessment purpose…………………………………………………………………….. 1

Assessment detail………………………………………………………………………… 1

Assessment structure……………………………………………………………………. 1

Assessment instructions………………………………………………………………… 1

Marking rubric……………………………………………………………………………… 3

Appendix: Declaration…………………………………………………………………… 5

Assessment purpose

The purpose of this assessment is to introduce students to research and academic writing on a topic relevant to chapter 2. These skills are required for the successful completion of the module.

Assessment detail Type: Analytical essay Marks: 45

Weighting: 10%

Due date: 29 May 2023 at 23:00 (GMT+2) Submission document type: Pdf

Submission     document     name:     Student                      number_TRT4861_04_2023        (e.g. 12345678_TRT4861_04_2023)

Assessment structure

Cover page

Declaration (see Appendix) Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3. Conclusion
4. Reference list (refer to the referencing Lib-guide)

Assessment instructions

Chapter 2 provides an overview of mass and alternative (i.e., new) tourism (see pages 65-66). One of the signs of emerging alternative tourism is that tourists’ travel behaviour and motivations are changing. Tourism businesses catering for these types of tourists, need to stay abreast of their motivations and strategically manage their businesses to appeal to these tourists.

Based on research, compile an analytical essay on scuba diving tourists’ travel motivations (i.e., push factors).

What is an analytical essay?

Make use of the following documents for this assessment: academic writing, technical editing, and referencing lib-guide.

You will be assessed on

• the relevance of the content to scuba-diving tourism (i.e., introduction, literature review and conclusion)
• the use of at least ten resources (i.e., more can be used) other than the prescribed textbook and prescribed e-reserves
• the relevance of the resources (i.e., related to scuba-diving tourism)
• the recentness of resources (i.e., not older than 10 years; i.e. 2014 to 2023)
• academic writing
• referencing
• technical editing

Refer to the marking rubric to see what is expected from you.

TIPS:

• Generic textbook information regarding what travel motivations is, and theories related to motivations, should be kept to a minimum. This information can help to provide context or lead the reader. Note that marks are awarded to whether you have complied with the scope of the assessment (i.e., motivations of scuba diving tourists).
• Note that there is a difference between push and pull factors of motivations. Your focus for this assessment is on the push factors only.
• The premise of this assessment is to test your research skills by obtaining relevant information (i.e., not only if the content is related to scuba-diving tourism but if the content addresses motivations of the selected market) and how well you can synthesise different sources on the topic.
• If you can make a list of scuba-diving tourists’ motivations from the literature section in your assessment, you have accomplished the outcome. (Making a list in the assessment is not part of the analytical essay, but rather a side test to see if you have accomplished what you should.)

You will be reported to the disciplinary committee of Unisa if you are found guilty of plagiarism.

Marking rubric

The following marking rubric gives guidance as to how marks are allocated for this assessment.

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Relevant introduction provided
0	1	2	3	4	5
No effort was	An introduction	An introduction	A well-structured	A well-structured	A               well-
made                    to	has                   been	has                    been	introduction has	introduction has	structured
include                   an	provided, but it	provided,	been             provided,	been             provided,	introduction
introduction.	fails to mention	mentioning	mentioning	mentioning                       the	has           been
	any       of             the	some      of               the	some               aspects	aspects included	provided,
	aspects	aspects of   the	included in the	in                       the	mentioning the
	included in the	assessment, but	assessment, but	assessment and	aspects
	assessment and	there       is               no	giving                     little	indicating                     how	included in the
	gives                       no	indication of how	indication of how	the          information	assessment
	indication                        of	the          information	the          information	in the chapters is	and indicating
	how                      the	in the chapters is	in the chapters is	integrated.	in detail how
	information                         in	integrated.	integrated.		the information
	the chapters is				in the chapters
	integrated.				is integrated.
Literature review
0	1-3	4-6	7-9	10-12	13-15
No effort was	Very poor – The	Poor      –              The	Good     –              The	Very good – The	Excellent        –
made.	student does not	student does not	student is aware	student	The       student
	seem                        to	completely	of     the        travel	discussed                       the	discussed the
	understand the	understand the	motivations                         of	travel	travel
	travel	travel	the              selected	motivations                         of	motivations of
	motivations                        of	motivations                         of	market but there	the              selected	the      selected
	the             selected	the              selected	are                   some	market well.	market       very
	market.	market, although	contradictions.		well.
		some effort was
		made     in              this
		regard.
Conclusion
0	1	2	3	4	5
No effort was	A          conclusion	A conclusion has	A well-structured	A well-structured	A               well-
made                    to	has                   been	been              provided	conclusion                      has	conclusion                      has	structured
include                     a	provided, but it	and     it           makes	been             provided,	been             provided,	conclusion has
conclusion.	fails    to make	some	which                 makes	making                    good	been provided,
	any evaluations/	evaluations/	some	evaluations/	making sound
	deductions	deductions	evaluations/	deductions	evaluations/
	about                      the	about                       the	deductions	about                       the	deductions
	assessment.	assessment,	about                       the	assessment and	about           the
		although                   these	assessment and	corresponding	assessment
		do                       not	corresponds	with                   some	and
		correspond with	with                   some	theory.	corresponding
		the theory.	theory.		with the theory.
Academic writing
0	1	2	3	4	5
No effort into	A minimal effort	Some effort was	Academic	Good academic	The student’s
academic	was made   to	made to   write	writing is evident	writing is evident	academic
writing.	write	academically                          –	– major to minor	– minimal errors.	writing      skills
	academically.	major errors.	errors.		are
					commendable.
Use of resources
0	1	2	3	4	5

No evidence of resources was used in the assessment.	Very poor use of resources (1-2). The recentness of resource considered (i.e., not older than 10 years).	Poor use of resources (3-4). The recentness of resource considered (i.e., not older than 10 years).	Good use of resources (5-6). The recentness of resource considered (i.e., not older than 10 years).	Very good use of resources (7-8). The recentness of resource considered (i.e., not older than 10 years).	Excellent use of resources (9-10).      The recentness of resource considered (i.e., not older than 10 years).
Referencing (completeness, alphabetical, correctness)
0	1	2	3	4	5
No effort to	The               minimal	Some effort was	A reference list	The            reference	The reference
include	effort made to	made to include	and              citations	list and citations	list                   and
references	include                         a	a reference list	have                    been	provided include	citations
and               a	reference list or	and citations, but	provided, but the	minor errors in	provided                    are
reference list.	citations,                     and	the            reference	reference	terms     of               the	all           correctly
	the            reference	technique                         is	technique                         is	reference	referenced.
	technique                         is	mostly incorrect.	often incorrect.	technique.
	seriously
	flawed.
Technical editing
0	1	2	3	4	5
No effort with	Very                    poor	Poor (Table   of	Good (Table of	Very                    good	Excellent
technical	(Table                        of	contents,                      text	contents,                      text	(Table                         of	(Table                      of
editing.	contents,                     text	formatting, and	formatting, and	contents,                      text	contents, text
	formatting, and	document	document	formatting, and	formatting, and
	document	formatting	formatting	document	document
	formatting	reviewed.)	reviewed.)	formatting	formatting
	reviewed.)			reviewed.)	reviewed.)

Appendix: Declaration

This declaration must be included in the assessment and signed.

HONESTY DECLARATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MANAGEMENT TRT4861 ASSESSMENT:
I know that plagiarism means taking and using the ideas, writings, works or inventions of another as if they were one’s own. I know that plagiarism not only includes verbatim copying, but also the extensive use of another person’s ideas without proper acknowledgement (which includes the proper use of quotation marks). I know that plagiarism covers the use of material found in textual sources and from the Internet.I acknowledge and understand that plagiarism is wrong.I understand that my assignment/exam answers must be accurately referenced.This assignment/exam file/portfolio is my own work. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s work, or part of it, is wrong, and that submitting identical work to others constitutes a form of plagiarism.I have not allowed, nor will I in the future allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing it off as their own work.I understand that I can be awarded 0% if I have plagiarized.I understand that my assignment/exam file/portfolio may be submitted automatically to Turnitin.I confirm that I have read and understood the following UNISA policies:Policy for Copyright and Plagiarism -Policy on Academic Integrity
Student name:	Student number:
Telephone number:	E-mail address:
	Date:	00 / 00 /2023

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