Tourism
- Credits: 8
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Commerce
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Teaching results
Knowledge:
Students will achieve a basic knowledge of tourism aspects from the point of view of the different actors involved in its development. On the theoretical level, the acquired knowledge will enable successful graduates to understand the peculiarities of the multidisciplinary nature of tourism and the specifics of its position in relation to the numerous disciplines that are focused on tourism research. They will understand the nature of its position in the national economy, where it is an interdepartmental sector linking different sectors along a horizontal axis. The knowledge they will acquire will be the basis for understanding the systemic context and the specificities of the tourism industry's processes. Knowledge of basic and complementary services will create a knowledge base for understanding the nature of the tourism product creation. The economic aspects of the knowledge will form the necessary basis for knowledge of the economic nature of tourism performance.
Skills:
Students will learn how to search and critically evaluate the available information about the range of products available in the destination, link this information with the acquired theoretical knowledge and apply it to the design of their own offer for potential customers in the travel agency. They will acquire soft skills, the ability to work in a team, learn to cooperate to meet the target, actively listen to and respect the opinions of other group members, as well as to hold a discussion with each member of the group.
Competences:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will acquire the basic competences for customer service jobs, middle management jobs in tourism organisations that provide tourism services, as well as in companies that provide tourism-related services.
Indicative content
Tourism definition. Standard terminology according to various aspects using. Interdisciplinary economic specifics of tourism. Macro - environment and micro - environment of tourism. Basic and additional tourism services. Basic starting points of economic evaluation of tourism. The influence of the local population as part of the offer in tourism. Practical examples are used to illustrate selected theoretical knowledge in the field of tourism.
Support literature
1. Hall C. Michael. 2024. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism. Blackwell, 768 s.
2. Cooper, Ch., Hall, C. M. 2023. Contemporary Tourism: An International Approach. Fifth Edition, Goodfellow, 462 s.
3. Jernsand, E.M., Persson,M., Lundberg E. (Eds.) 2022. Tourism, Knowledge and Learning: Conceptual Development and Case Studies. Routledge, 121s.
4. Andriotis, K., Cardoso, C. P., Stylidis, D. 2022. Tourism Planning and Development in Western Europe. CABI, 151 s.
Syllabus
1. Tourism definition; 2. Tourism forms; 3. Types of tourism; 4. Accommodation services in the hospitality sector; 5. Economic aspects of tourism - tourism market, demand and supply in the tourism industry; 6. Destination management and sustainable tourism development- problems, solutions, examples; 7. Institutional provision of destination management (EU, SR); 8. Air transport in tourism; 9. Food services in tourism; 10. Bus and coach transport in Tourism; 11. Integrated transport, urban transport and shared transport in tourism; 12. Passenger water transport in tourism; rail transport in tourism; 13. History of tourism.
Requirements to complete the course
20 % continuous semester assessment
20 % semester work
60 % written exam
Student workload
Workload: 208 hours
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 46 hours
Elaboration of a semester project: 46 hours
Preparation for the exam: 64 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 07.03.2025
Date of the latest change: 14.10.2025