Travel Writing and Photography

Course Name: Travel Writing and Photography

Course Description:
The students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to produce travel write-ups based
on destination research for printed and online media. Basic photography concepts will be taught
and marketing travel content and products via online media will be highlighted.

Course Outcomes:
1. Identify the importance of travel writing and photography
2. Understanding the relationship between tourism and photography
3. Analyze travel write-ups
4. Produce travel content or products based on travel experience
5. Apply the concept of travel photography

SCHEME OF WORK

TIME TOPIC METHOD

FRAME
Prelims 1. INTRODUCTION TO TRAVEL Lectures
WRITING & PHOTOGRAPHY Discussion
 Travel Writing Definition Presentation
 Importance of travel writing Quiz
 Elements and Stages of Travel Writing
 Types of Travel Writing
 Styles of travel writing

2. Writing for Tourism

 Requirements for travel writing
 Influence of travel writer
 Tourism and travel writing objectives
 Qualities of travel writer
 Categories in Writing for tourism

3. DEVELOPING YOUR RESEARCH

WRITING AND SKILLS
 The Essentials of Travel Writing
  Know Your Reader
 Travel Research
 Writing Stories that Sell

Midterms 1. TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY Discussion

 Introduction to travel photography Lectures
 Gears in Travel Photography Presentation
 Core Concepts
 Capturing great pictures Activity (Student’s
 The journey and destinations Presentation
Quiz
 Photography tips

2. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOURISM

AND PHOTOGRAPHY
 Medium to promote destinations
 Things affecting the condition of
tourist

3. DEVELOPING TRAVEL CONTENT

AND PRODUCTS
 The Factual Style of Travel Writing
 The Creative Non-Fiction Style of
Travel Writing
 Travel Media Design
 Defamation, Copyright & Ethics

Finals Lectures
1. MARKETING Discussion
 Target audience Activity
 The Travel Writer’s Market Quiz
 Selling Travel Write-up Student’s
Presentation
2. TRAVEL WRITE-UPS AND
PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

References:
The Faculty of Hotel & Tourism Management. Universiti Teknologi MARA MELAKA. 1st
Edition, 2015

GIORGIA TARASCIO
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to influence a destination Image perception: The case study of Sicily. School of Architecture and
Built Environment MA TOURISM MANAGEMENT

https://www.ihmnotes.in/assets/Docs/Ignou/TS-01/Unit-23%20Writing%20for
%20Tourism.pdf

www.afta.com.au/uploads/292/march-webinar_travel-writing.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/63995/1/Block-4.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
286897559_Photography_and_Tourism_The_use_of_Photographic_representations_to_influ
ence_a_destination_Image_perception_The_case_study_of_Sicily

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/travel-writing-advice/