UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS

Baguio City

COLLEGE OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Course Syllabus

Course Code: TM 129

Course Name: Recreational & Leisure Management

Course Description:
Students will undertake independent study of their leisure and recreation
environment and suggest strategies to effectively meet the needs and
demands of such activities. This course provides students with exposure to
reading, interpreting, critiquing, and presenting data from relevant
studies. Specifically, students will take opportunities to explore the
evolution and development of management theories through a series of
extensive reviews of literature with particular emphasis on the different
context of leisure/recreation management such as service quality,
outdoor education, and even older adults’ leisure.

Placement: Second Year, First Trimester (TIM & EM)

Credit: 3 units (50 hours lecture)
Pre-requisites: THM 101 – Macro Perspective in Tourism & Hospitality
THM 103 – Micro Perspective in Tourism & Hospitality

General Objectives:
At the end of the course, the students are expected to acquire:
1. Extensive knowledge and understanding on the concepts of leisure
and recreation and the roles these play on everyday life
2. Awareness on management practices and problems in leisure and
recreation through case study analysis.
3. Creative thinking in the conceptualization of their own guest activity
programs
4. Mastery of the English language by way of written and oral reports,
case studies, recitations and others.

Midterms:

Unit 1: Recreation and Leisure

1. Recreation Overview
a. Meaning (Venn diagram)
b. Types of Recreation
c. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
d. Recreational Guests
e. Behavior and Motivation
f. Guest Activities (hard adventure and soft adventure)
g. Factors Promoting the Growth of Recreation
h. Types of Organized Recreation
2. Leisure
a. History
b. Reasons for studying Leisure
c. Leisure as a defining element of the individual, family and group
d. Leisure and Globalization
e. Demand for leisure, leisure participation and leisure behavior
f. Supply for Leisure: Places, spaces and environments
g. Sustainable Leisure Planning
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Unit Three: Tourist Attractions and Theme Parks
1. Nature and Scope of Tourist Attractions
2. Evolution of Tourist Attractions
3. Definition of Attractions
4. Classifications of Attractions
5. Amusement Parks and Theme Parks
6. Management of Tourist Attractions Issues
7. Future of Tourist Attractions

Unit Three: Resorts & Recreational Management

1. Definition and Brief History
a. Early European Origins
b. Growth of Spa Resorts
c. Classical Age
d. Spa Culture around the World
e. Swiss Resorts: Lodging standards
f. 20th Century Resorts
g. Resorts in the Philippines
2. Lodging Classification by Type
3. Types of Resort
a. By seasonality
b. By size
c. By form of Ownership
d. By location
e. By Designation
4. Management of Recreational Facilities
5. Visitation to a local resort(field)
6. Special Considerations in Planning and Development.
7. Costs and Benefits of Planning and Development
8. Guest Activity Programming

References:
Cruz, Zenaida L. Principles of tourism. Manila : Rex Book Store, c2013.

Baker, Robert E. Fundamentals of sport management. Champaign, Illinois : Human Kinetics,

copyright 2013.

Joseph, Sebastian T. Adventure tour : wildlife, safari, river tourism. New Delhi: Random Publications,
2013.

Page S. & Connell, J. Leisure: an introduction. England: Pearson Education Limited, 2010.
Torkildsen, George. Leisure and Recreation Management: 5th Ed. E&FN Spon, 2013.
Cruz, Zenaida, PhD. Micro Perspective of Tourism and Hospitality: 1st Ed. Manila : Rex
Bookstore, 2019.

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