Tourism and Transportation

Year
0
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
01011297
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 lectures will be taught using presentations and interrogative methods.

The functioning of the practical classes will be directed at active methods, using practical exercises, case studies, analysis and discussion of academic papers.

Learning Outcomes

1 - Analyze and understand the underlying relationship between Tourism and Transportation

2 - Analyze the historical evolution of transportation and its contribution to the development of tourism.

3 - Understand the existing two-way relationship between tourism development and the different types of transportation: road, rail, sea and air.

4 - List the means of transportation and the development of specific products, including their characteristics, the relationship between supply and demand and the challenges involving Cruise Tourism and Space Tourism.

5 - Analyze the planning and transportation management in its relation to the attractiveness and competitiveness of tourist destinations in present and future trends.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Concepts and theoretical aspects

1.1. Tourism Planning Models

1.2. Origin-Destination Models 

1.3. Structural models 

1.4. Evolutionary models

2. Development of transportation and tourism development: a historical perspective

3. Tourism and transportation types

3.1. Trucking

3.2. Rail

3.3. Maritime Transport

3.4. Air Transport

3. 5. The particular case of the lowcost offer

4. 1. Cruise Tourism

4.1.1. Classification of Passenger Transportation by Water

4.1.2. Major geographical areas for cruises

4.1.3. Supply and demand for tourist cruises worldwide

4.1.4. Specificities of cruise ships (seagoing and inland)

4.1.5. future prospects 

4.2. Space tourism: the specifics, supply and demand

5 - Transportation planning at tourist destinations: present and future trends.

Head Lecturer(s)

Luís Eduardo Ávila da Silveira

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Fraga, C., Lohmann, G. &Castro, R. (2013). Transportes e Destinos Turísticos: Planejamento e Gestão. Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier Campus.

Martínez, J. & Quintana M.V. (2002). SociologíaDelTurismo.Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Madrid.

OMT(2001). Introdução ao Turismo.Roca. São Paulo.

Palhares, G. L. (2002). Transportes turísticos. São Paulo: Aleph.

Sheller, M. &Urry, J. (2004). Tourism mobilities: places to play, places in play. Londres, Nova Iorque: Routledge.

Page, S. J. (2008). Transporte e Turismo - Perspectivas Globais (2ª Edição). Porto Alegre:Bookman.