SACE Stage 2 Tourism study guide
SACE Stage 2 Tourism · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Tourism is a South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) subject offered at both Stage 1 and Stage 2. At Stage 2 it carries 20 credits under the subject code 2TOS20; at Stage 1 it is available as a 10-credit subject (1TOS10) or a 20-credit subject (1TOS20). The subject is designed for senior secondary students who want to understand the nature of tourists, tourism and the tourism industry. According to the SACE Board's subject overview, students investigate local, national and global tourism, explore tourism as a business, and gain an understanding of the complex economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts of tourism. Topics on this exam: School assessment and External assessment. The SACE Stage 2 Tourism study guide has 2 sections and about 832 words.
01School Assessment: Building and Presenting Tourism Evidence
School assessment in Stage 2 Tourism is where you build the evidence that shows you can work like a tourism professional, not just recall destinations. Expect a folio or practical investigation, an issues-analysis or inquiry task, and a presentation or multimodal product. The assessor is looking for four things woven together: knowledge and understanding of tourism concepts (destination appeal, push and pull factors, visitor markets, sustainability, economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts, the tourism system of origin, transit and destination regions); investigation and analysis (using real data, visitor statistics, industry sources, primary research such as surveys or interviews); application (linking concepts to a specific destination or operator); and communication (structure, referencing, appropriate conventions such as maps, tables and captions). Describing a destination instead of analysing it.
413 words, about 2 min02External Assessment: The Examination
The external examination samples the whole subject at once, so questions move quickly between core concepts: the nature and scope of tourism, the tourism system (origin, transit and destination regions, and the flows between them), motivations and push-pull factors, destination attributes and life cycle, market segmentation, the triple bottom line of impacts, sustainability and carrying capacity, and the roles of government, industry bodies and technology. Expect a mix of short-answer questions, stimulus-based interpretation (data tables, graphs, short scenarios), and one extended response. "Identify" needs a brief list; "explain" needs a mechanism (because, which leads to); "evaluate" needs criteria and a judgement. Answering an "evaluate" with description caps the mark.
419 words, about 2 min