Contemporary trends in tourism 1900-3-WTT-MT
The scope of the lecture is to present examples of new, gaining its popularity forms of tourism and developing destinations. Various types of activities (eg. backpacking, volontary, MICE tourism), use of tourism values (eg. birdwatching, dark tourism) and destinations (eg. polar tourism, space tourism) are discussed.
The class is devoted to analisis of quantitative and qualitative data on selected problems. Reading, discussion and individual work will be followed by oral presentations.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: A student knows trends of World tourism, specific of its most important forms and conditions of tourists flow.
Skills: A student can find and analyze quantitative and qualitative data on tourism.
Attitudes: A student is conscious of tourism environmental, economic and social impacts.
Assessment criteria
The level of adoption of lecture and classes content is ranked.
Practical placement
None.
Bibliography
Novelli M. (ed.), 2005,Niche Tourism: Contemporary Issues, Trends And Cases, Elsevier
Singh T.V. (ed.), 2004, New Horizons in Tourism: Strange Experiences and Stranger Practices, CABI Publishing
UNWTO Tourism Barometer (actual and archival numbers)
UNWTO Tourism Highlights (actual and archival numbers)
Additional information
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