Geography of the Major Tourist Regions

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011168
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

Lectures Practical sessions where students undertake instructor guided projects.

Learning Outcomes

The general objective of this class is to equip students with the knowledge and skills in Tourism and Planning, to develop a critical and analytical view on the subject.

Specific objectives and skills to be developed:

- Understand the process of development of tourism and its relationship with the territories.

- Understand how tourism is today a key area, on various scales and promotes "regional tourism"

- Understand which major phases of tourist activity matches, as a rule, the consolidation of tourist regions.

- Know the importance of tourism in Portugal and how it fits in the Mediterranean, European and World contexts.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1- Brief note on the tourism phenomenon

2- Major World Tourist Regions

3- Understand the processes of construction of these territories.  In time and space

4- What differentiates/complements tourist regions.  Identity and positioning

5- The future in world tourism trends

6- Analysis of some cases.

Head Lecturer(s)

Luís Eduardo Ávila da Silveira

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

- Cravidão, F. (2008), “Turismo e cultura: dos itinerários ao lugar dos lugares.” Em Lucinda Fonseca (org.), Desenvolvimento e Território: espaços rurais pós agrícolas e novos espaços de turismo e lazer. CEG. 262-278.

- Gunn, A. ( 2004) Vactions cape.Developemnt-Tourism Areas. Routledge.

- Gonzalez, L.N.e Gonzalez, M(2012) El Viage y el Turismo en Canarias. Evolution  Historica y Geografica.marchante, UN.LOZATO_GIOTART, J.P:( 1990) Mediterranée et Tourisme Masson. Paris.

- Netto, Panosso (2009) Segmentação do mercado turistico.Estudo.Produtos e perpectivas.

- Santos, M. (2006), Espiritualidade, Turismo e Território. Ed. Principia.

- Urry, J. (1996), O olhar do turista: lazer e viagens nas sociedades contemporâneas. Livros Nobel.

- Youell, R. (2002), Turismo: uma introdução. Contexto.

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