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Tourism on the Brooklyn Waterfront

Active participation contributes to class participation grade

 

Task

Engage in a site visit of the Brooklyn Bridge Park and lead discussions about tourism on the Brooklyn Waterfront as it pertains to your area of tourism (see below).

Areas of Tourism and Student Grouping

 

Assignment Format

Historic/heritage Tourism

1. Amethyst Alameda, Kelvin Burdiez, Bernaldo Grande, Joey Qiansu GU, Lee Man Li

Volunteer Tourism

1. Eric Chin, Brenda Cordova, , Alexandria Phillips, Soo Hwan Yoo, DK Dexuan Zhen

Ecotourism

1. Nancy Jia Yi Huang, Justin Kwok, Guoxiong Lin, Matthew Mennella, Anna Novoselova

Cultural Tourism

1. Katie Jiahui Jiang, Steven Zifeng Liu, Gion Sun Xavier, Ling Mei Xiao, Bao Ying Zhang

Culinary Tourism

1. Leon Joshua Delos Reyes, Jasmine Lee, Christopher Li, Destiny Rodriguez

Prior to class meeting

• Consider your area of tourism (see above)
• Identify an activity a person(s) traveling to satisfy your area of tourism would like to participate in while touring the Brooklyn Waterfront

o   Note: Our field trip is to the Brooklyn Bridge Park but the activity you choose can be any place on the Brooklyn Waterfront

• Prepare a three minute presentation explaining the activity you have identified

Day of class

• Large group presentations
• Small group discussion by area of tourism with a report out at the end

After class

• Create one post per group to the HMGT1101 OpenLab site before October 7 to include (updated):

– Area of tourism for your group
– Name of people in your group
– Definition of your area of tourism
– Five significant activities relevant to your area of tourism that can happen on the Brooklyn Waterfront
– What you learned about your area of tourism as it relates to the learning activity
– Your observations from your time at the Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Roasting Company

 

Student Learning Outcomes

• Discuss scope of the hospitality and tourism industry
• Gather information from observation in regard to the hospitality industry from a local, national and global perspective
• Evaluate and apply information discerningly from a variety of sources

Class site visit schedule

8:30– The Corners of Old Fulton and Water Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 the Brooklyn Heights location of Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory at the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1.

8:40– Student lead discussions begin

9:40– walk through park in tourism focus teams (culinary, heritage, culture, volunteer, eco)

10:00– Meet in front of Jane’s Carousel

10:30– Brooklyn Roasting Company

10:45– Class dismissed

Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, Brooklyn Heights Location

Pier 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Roasting Company

Jane’s Carousel