Geography of Tourism
- Credits: 8
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 4C
- Semester: summer
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Commerce
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Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge:
The student will gain knowledge about the basic natural and socio-economic conditions for the development of tourism in tourist destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia and and Pacific - specifically, the student will gain a basic overview of the resources for the tourism development in the worldwide regions.
Skills:
The student will be able to create an itinerary of a sightseeing tour in selected destinations of the world. The student will be able to search for and critically assess relevant geographical information about countries of the world, using freely available foreign language translation applications to retrieve information from various foreign language texts.
Competences:
On the basis of the achieved knowledge, the student will be able to independently evaluate the broader context of geographical development and assess the tendencies of tourism development in destinations, on the basis of which he/she will be able to propose, reject or optimize the objectives of possible business ideas.
Indicative content
Introduction to the geography of tourism, general geographic characteristics of the continents. Characteristics of the main sources of tourism development in Europe, Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Pacific. A brief overview of the main types and specific forms of tourism for each regions of the world.
Support literature
Essential reading:
• Boniface, B., Cooper, R., Cooper, C. 2020. Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism, 8th ed., Routledge, 732 s., ISBN 0367200406
Support literature:
• Demkova, M., Sharma, S., Mishra, P.K., Dahal, D.R., Pachura, A., Herman, G.V., Kostilnikova, K., Kolesárová, J. & Matlovicova, K. 2022. Potential for Sustainable Development of Rural Communities by Community-Based Ecotourism. A Case Study of Rural Village Pastanga, Sikkim Himalaya, India. GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 43(3), pp. 964-975, https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.43316-910
• Kocsis K., Dézsi G., Hegedűs V., Matlovičová K., Jász E., Lengyel I.M., Pálóczi G., Pásztor I.Z., Pénzes J., Szűcs S., Horváth I., Kiss T., Zupančič J., Molnár J., Csernicskó I., Braun L. 2021. Roma population in the Carpathian basin. National atlas of Hungary [print, elektronický dokument]: society. Budapešť: Csillagászati és Földtudományi Kutatóközpont, s. 75-75, ISBN: 978-963-9545-58-8.
• Kostilnikova, K., Matlovicova, K., Demkova, M., Mocak, P., Mishra, P.K., Bujdoso, Z., Matlovic, R., Zawilinska, B. 2022. Slow Travel in Tourism - an Outline of Conceptual Frameworks: Potential and Limits. in the Context of Post-Pandemic Recovery. GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 42(2spl), pp. 751–758, https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.422spl14-885.
• Matlovičová, K.; Kolesárová, J.; et al. 2022. Stimulating Poverty Alleviation by Developing Tourism in Marginalised Roma Communities: A Case Study of the Central Spiš Region (Slovakia) Land 2022, 11, 1689. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101689.
• Szabó, Z., Matlovičová, K., Molnár, E.I., Bujdosó, Z., Hojcska Á., E. 2023. Territorial Inequalities of Medicinal Waters, as Natural Healing Factors, in Hungary. Acta Polytechnica Hungarica Vol. 20, No. 10, pp. 13-31, DOI: 10.12700/APH.20.10.2023.10.2.
Syllabus
1. Geography of Tourism - Definition, Basic Concepts; Regional Geographical Systematics, Resources for Tourism Development; 2. Geography of Tourism in Africa; 3. Geography of tourism of North America; 4. Geography of tourism of South America; 5. Geography of Tourism of Australia and Oceania; 6. Geography of Tourism of Asia - E and SE; 7. Tourism Geography of Asia - S, SW, Central and N; 8. Geography of Tourism of Europe - Mediterranean Region; 9. Geography of tourism in Europe - Black Sea and Alpine region; 10. European Tourism Geography - Carpathian and Balkan Region; 11. European Tourism Geography - Western European Region; 12. Tourism Geography of Europe - Scandinavia, Iceland; 13. Tourism Geography of Europe - Eastern European Region.
Requirements to complete the course
50% lectures and seminars (25% Europe & 25% Asia, Africa, America, Australia & Pacific);
50% final written exams (25% Europe & 25% Asia, Africa, America, Australia & Pacific).
Student workload
Total workload: 208 hours
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 52 hours
Preparation for seminars: 13 hours
Elaboration of 2 semester projects: 55 hours
Preparation for the exams: 62 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 28.02.2024