Tourism Geography

Recommended Prerequisites

General knowledge in social sciences and humanities and special understanding on the relationship between culture, territory and tourism.

Teaching Methods

This curricular unit works under seminar, i.e. in accordance with the Regulation of Evaluation of Knowledge at the Faculty of Arts, are applied the rules of continuous evaluation (the evaluation is carried out along the academic period and requires the presence of students a minimum of 75% of lessons provided). Principles of evaluation: Written work (70%); Tasks in the context of lessons (30%).

In order to stimulate the application of knowledge and encourage research, this unit works different methods focusing on research and bibliographical analysis; the collection of statistical and documentary elements (and other field work tasks); the achievement of outputs of field/study visits; analysis and processing of information; the use of computer tools for the submission of papers on classroom context; designing and constructing scientific text (individual written work) able to reflect the anticipated capacity at this level.

Learning Outcomes

The main target of this course is the theoretical and practical development of skills in the field of the relationship between tourism and geographical space, concerning how this economic activity transforms landscapes and geographic human contexts and how to (re) create and integrate new and old heritage values in tourism.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 - Tourism geography: relation with economic, demographic and political transformations of human societies.

2 - Analysis and interpretation of major tourist flows in different geographical scales. Main emission regions and major areas of tourism demand.

3 - Different categories of tourism. From seaside to city tourism, from adventure to religious tourism.

4 - Cultural landscapes as touristic territories. The cityscape.

5 - Representations of places, cultural industries and territorial marketing in tourism.

6 - Tourism and dynamics of deterritorialization. Tourism as a potential /opportunity but also as a risk.

Bibliography

Ashworth, G. J.; Larkham, P.J (editors) (1994); Building a New Heritage. Tourism, Culture and Identity in the New Europe; Routledge; London.

Avraham, Eli; Ketter, Eran (2008); Media strategies for marketing places in crisis; Butterworth-Heinemann; Elsevier; Amsterdam.

Butler, Richard; et al (1998); Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas; John Wiley & Sons; Chichester.

Fernandes, João Luís Jesus (2008); “Artes visuais, representações e marketing territorial”, in Biblos, vol. VI (2ª série); Revista da Faculdade de Letras; Universidade de Coimbra.

Goeldner, Charles R.; Ritchie, J. R. Brent (2012); Tourism – Principles, Practices, Philosophies; John Wiley & Sons; New Jersey.

Hall, C. Michael; Page, Stephen J. (2001); The Geography of tourism and recreation; Routledge; London.

Maitland, Robert; Ritchie, Brent W. (ed.) (2011); City Tourism: National Capital Perspectives; CAB International; Wallingford.

Page, Stephen (1995); Urban Tourism; Routledge; London.