Tour Company Operator Portfolio Assignments

Complete at least five of these assignments for your portfolio or follow the directions of your teacher. Print templates and graphic organizers associated with assignments you select and complete them in hard-copy format. Higher-numbered assignments reflect higher-level thinking skills.

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1. Identify four heritage tourism sites and three resort tourism sites and the main attraction at each. Use the template provided. (knowledge level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

2. Explain the difference between heritage and resort tourism. (comprehension level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

3. Summarize statistical information about tourism in South Carolina by writing five statements, each of which highlights a major piece of data. (comprehension level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

4. Create a new slogan or logo to promote tourism in South Carolina. (application level/visual-spatial intelligence)

5. Turn data from one of the tables of tourism statistics into a pie or bar graph. (application level/logical-mathematical intelligence)

6. Using images and maps collected from sites, create a collage of South Carolina tourist sites. Add your own captions and titles. (application level/visual-spatial intelligence)

7. Compare the benefits of heritage and resort tourism to South Carolina using the template provided. (analysis level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

8. Select two sites in South Carolina that you would most like to visit and explain why in a paragraph. (analysis level/intrapersonal intelligence)

9. Pretend to be a tourist. Compose a letter to a friend describing your vacation in Charleston and the Lowcountry. (synthesis level/intrapersonal & verbal-linguistic intelligence)

10. Design a colorful sales brochure with images and text to promote tourism in Charleston and the Lowcountry. (synthesis level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

11. Compose a song or poem to promote tourism in Charleston and the Lowcountry. (synthesis level/musical & rhythmic intelligence)

12. Propose a historic marker for a site connected to African American history in South Carolina and compose the wording for the marker. Use the marker template provided. (View examples of markers at the web site of the Southwell Company at www.southwellco.com/historical.html) (synthesis level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

13. Review the quote from the National Trust for Historic Preservation that appears with your role description. Write a one-page persuasive essay evaluating how well South Carolina has preserved its history. (evaluation level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

14. Predict how the outcome of the resort development issue will impact your tour business. Will you gain more if the project is built or if the heritage of the community is preserved? Write a letter to the editor to explain your thinking. (evaluation level/verbal-linguistic & intrapersonal intelligences)