Online Tourism Tutor for Queensland teachers and students
Posted by editor (editor) on May 23 2009
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High school teachers and students can now access an online educational tool produced by Tourism Queensland to assist them with tourism-related subjects, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced.

My Tourism Tutor, a comprehensive, classroom-ready online educational tool went live last week.

“My Tourism Tutor provides a series of tourism-related modules for teachers to work through with their students,” Mr Lawlor said.

“It’s an innovative resource for teachers of tourism-related subjects including vocational education and training-accredited tourism units, school-based tourism units for grades 11 and 12, studies of society and environment units and enterprise education units.

“The program facilitates learning about tourism-related issues such as sustainability and the environment, tourism trends, Queensland destinations and products.”

Mr Lawlor said My Tourism Tutor was free and easy to use by anyone, anywhere, any time, but was specially tailored for high school teachers and students.

“Tourism is a key economic driver for Queensland, with more than 18.7 million domestic and international visitors spending more than $19.6 billion in 2008,” Mr Lawlor said.

“These visitors directly support more than 119,000 Queensland jobs, so educating students about tourism is a priority.

“Tourism Queensland has been working closely with the Queensland Studies Authority to create this program to ensure students have access to up-to-the-minute information about tourism and are informed about career opportunities in the industry.

“With tourism such an integral part of the Queensland economy, it is important to ensure our high school students are aware of the range of career opportunities within the industry.”

My Tourism Tutor is available at www.tq.com.au/tls

Last changed: Oct 06 2009 at 2:53 PM