International Tourism

  • Credits: 5
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2P + 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 1
  • Faculty of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

Tourism Management

Teaching results

Knowledge
The student will gain knowledge of tourism management in the international dimension. He will get
an overview of the mechanism of activities and outputs of the tourism policy of world institutions
(UN WTO) and the European Union in relation to the Slovak Republic. Within the seminars, they
will learn the specific issue of international destinations and international companies operate in the
international tourism market.
Skills
In relation to selected most important documents for international tourism, the student will acquire
an analytical approach. He will develop critical thinking. Several documents in English will push the
student to apply standard terminology in English, which is a basic prerequisite for communication
in international tourism.
Competences
The student will acquire basic preconditions for competent professional job in international
institutions UN WTO, EU, and selected international tourism organizations.

Indicative content

The course stablish the set of knowledge about the policy and implementation of tourism in the
global and European market.
These are the following thematic areas:
International tourism results in the world regions. Tourism policy in accordance with the
recommendations of the UN WTO and in accordance with the legal and conceptual documents of
the European Union. Foreign direct investment in tourist industry and transformation of brownfields
and black fields for use in tourism. Intercultural specifics in tourism.

Support literature

Základná literatúra:
1. GÚČIK, Marian - ORELOVÁ, Andrea. Výkonnosť sektora cestovného ruchu a problémy jeho merania. 1. vyd. Banská Bystrica : Vydavateľstvo Univerzity Mateja Bela - Belianum : Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici, Ekonomická fakulta, 2021. 195 s. ISBN 978-80-557-1917-7.
2. GÚČIK, Marian. Cestovný ruch v ekonomike a spoločnosti. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Wolters Kluwer SR, 2020. 454 s. ISBN 978-80-571-0273-1.
Odporúčaná literatúra:
1. UN TOURISM. UN Tourism World Tourism Barometer. [Online]. 2024. Dostupné na: https://webunwto.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2024-01/UNWTO_Barom24_01_January_Excerpt.pdf?VersionId=IWu1BaPwtlJt66kRIw9WxM9L.y7h5.d1
2. UNWTO. Global code of Ethics in travel and tourism. [Online]. 2023. Dostupné na: https://www.unwto.org/global-code-of-ethics-for-tourism
3. UNWTO. Sustainable development goals 2030. [Online]. 2023. Dostupné na: https://www.unwto.org/tourism-in-2030-agenda.
4. World Economic Forum. The Travel and Tourism competitiveness report 2019. [Online]. 2020. Dostupné na: https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-travel-tourism-competitiveness-report-2019
5. World Economic Forum.. Travel & Tourism Development Index 2021: Rebuilding for a Sustainable and Resilient Future. [Online]. 2022. Dostupné na: https://www.weforum.org/reports/travel-and-tourism-development-index-2021/
6. World Economic Forum. Global risk report. [Online]. 2024. Dostupné na: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-report-2024

Requirements to complete the course

10 % permanent written work
30 % semester theses
60 % written exam

Student workload

Total study load (in hours): 130 hours
Attendance - lectures: 26 hours
Participation in seminars : 26 hours
Homework for the seminars: 13 hours
Elaboration of a semester project: 15 hours
Homework for the exam: 50 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 06.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 04.03.2024