Course: Selected chapters from Tourism

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Course title Selected chapters from Tourism
Course code KGEO/0160
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Štěbetáková Michaela, Mgr.
Course content
1. Introduction 2. Evolution of the tourism industry 3. Conditions for the development of tourism 4. Tourist destinations 5. Destination management 6. Creating a tourist destination plan: analysis of the territory 7. Creating a tourist destination map: data collection 8. Creating a tourist destination map: field research 9. Creating a tourist destination plan: content planning 10. Creating a tourist destination plan: design 11. Creating a tourist destination plan: map creation 12. Sustainable tourism 13. Tourism and risk processesStudent´s presentations of destination

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is suitable for students interested in tourism, regional development or tourism destination marketing. Participants of the course will be able to better understand the dynamics of tourism and gain practical knowledge and experience in creating tourism material. A significant part of the course is devoted to a practical project of creating a tourist destination plan. Students will go through the entire process from site analysis, data collection and field survey to content planning, design and production of the final map. In this way, they will gain valuable skills applicable in tourism practice.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
1. Active participation during meetings 2. Elaboration of the seminar task 3. Final test
Recommended literature
  • BERITELLI, Pietro; REINHOLD, Stephan; LAESSER, Christian. Visitor flows, trajectories and corridors: Planning and designing places from the traveler's point of view. Annals of Tourism Research, 2020, 82: 102936. .
  • FIALOVÁ D. 2012. Cena za cestovní ruch: Přínosy versus ztráty. P3K, Praha..
  • HOLEŠINSKÁ, Andrea. Destinační management: Umění rozvíjet destinaci. Praha, 2022.
  • SOMNUXPONG, Suprapa. Chiang Mai. A creative city using creative tourism management. Journal of Urban Culture Research, 20.1: 113-132. 2020.
  • VYSTOUPIL, Jiří, et al. Atlas cestovního ruchu České republiky. Praha. 2006.


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