Tourism System and Competitiveness

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011143
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The practical classes will be based on the presentation and discussion of the syllabus. A heuristic method will be used and students will be encouraged to actively participate in class. They will be motivated to apply the skills acquired through practical activities, including problem solving. The system components will encourage a theoretical and practical understanding applied to research.  Guidance will be provided to support students in these exercises.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the multiple interpretations of tourism and, in these contexts, the interpretation of tourism as a system.

Interpret the tourism system as a multidimensional and complex reality.

Understand the importance of general systems theory, complexity theory, chaos theory and the theory of rhizomes for understanding the tourism system.

Analyze different conceptualizations of the tourism system identifying its main components.

Understand the specificity of the functions performed by each of the components of the tourism system.

Recognize the importance of information and communication for the functioning of the tourism system.

Assess the relevance of the environment for the system.

Understand the importance role of quality, sustainability, innovation and competitiveness in the tourist system.

Reflect on the challenges that competitiveness puts on the management of the tourism system.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.Tourism: different interpretations

2. Tourism as a system: theorizing 

3. The tourism system: perspectives compared

4. The components of the tourism system: specificity of functions

4.1. Tourism supply

4.2. Tourism demand

4.3. Intermediation and distribution in the tourism system 

4.3.1. Tour operators and travel agencies

4.3.2. Disintermediation and re-intermediation in the tourism system: the importance of new technologies

4. Interactions and the functioning of the system: the relevance of information and communication 

5. The system surroundings: analysis of its determinants

6. The determinant of the system: quality, sustainability, innovation and competitiveness 

7. Competitiveness: challenges for the management of the tourism system.

Head Lecturer(s)

Claudete Carla Oliveira Moreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment continues
Assessment, 10%; Class Work 10%: 20.0%
Research work: 20.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Beni, M. C. (2001). Análise estrutural do turismo. SENAC.

Crouch, G. I., & Ritchie, J. R. (2012). Competitiveness and tourism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Haines, S. G., & MacLeod, V., & Schmidt, Terry (2006). Destination thinking: a business planning guide the systems thinking approach. Systems Thinking Press.

Jimenez Martinez, A. (2005). Una aproximación a la conceptualización del turismo desde la teoría general de sistemas.Cancún: Universidad del Caribe.

Leiper, N. (2004). Tourism management. London: Arnold

Mill, R., &Morrison, A. (2009). The tourism system. Iowa: Kendall Hunt.

Moreira, C. O. (2013). Turismo, território e desenvolvimento: competitividade e gestão estratégica de destinos. Tese de Doutoramento. Coimbra: UC.

Raina, A. K., & Lodha, R. C. (2013). Fundamentals of tourism system. Kanishka Publishing House

Silva, J. A. (1991). O turismo em Portugal: uma análise de integração micro-económica. Tese de Doutoramento. Lisboa: UTL.