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Manual on Elective II - Theme
Parks and Attractions

By

Pamela Ho, Ph.D
School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

John Ap, Ph.D
School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Project Co-ordinator

Mr. Tony Tse
School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Theme Parks and Attractions

Copyright
© The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
All rights reserved.
The copyright of this manual belongs to the Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region. Commercial use is strictly prohibited. Offenders will be liable to legal responsibility. Schools need not apply for permission to copy this manual in whole or in part for non-profit making educational or research purposes. All other uses should gain prior permission in writing from the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Requests should be directed to the:

Education Bureau
13/F, Room 1319, Wu Chung House
213 Queen’s Road East,
Wan Chai

Hong Kong

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our gratitude to the following organizations for giving us the permission to reprint some of the pictures and /or providing us with information for completing the curriculum support package:
The Association of National Tourist Office Representatives in Hong Kong, ANTOR (HK)
Centre for Food Safety, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

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Introduction
A set of curriculum support package of tourism and hospitality learning and teaching materials is being developed by the Personal, Social and Humanities Education Section of Curriculum
Development Institute, Education Bureau for the implementation of the senior secondary
Tourism and Hospitality Studies curriculum in schools. The curriculum support package is comprised of eight manuals, and they are developed to

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