Objectives and competences
Objectives:
• To present political dimention of tourism and open athical issues in tourism planning and managament of tourism. To analyze tourism as social phenomenon from different political aspects.
Competences:
• Students form critical opinion on tourism as social phenomenon and understand wider impacts of tourism on society and individuals. Students plan and evaluate sustainable tourism policy.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• basic definitions and concepts in political science,
• various aspects of political dimension,
• political processes and tourism,
• the role of public authorities at the local, regional, national and supranational level in tourism
• tourism policy as developmental policy and policy planning,
• political leadership, participation and stakeholders for sustainable development of tourist destinations,
• tourism as power in the context of diplomacy and neo-colonialism,
• ethics in tourism and social responsibility,
• politics as tourist travel motive.
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures
• Case studies
• Problem based learning
• Role play
• Student debate with arguments
• Analysis of tourism policy
• Analysis of scientific literature
• Video materials
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students:
• Understand and use basic definitions and concepts of political science,
• Identify structures and jurisdictions of public authorities in tourism development at different levels,
• Analyze different levels of political processes in tourism,
• Criticaly evaluate tourism policy,
• Analyze stakeholeders in tourism planning and management,
• Structure elements of tourism strategy,
• Evaluate ethical dilemmas in tourism development.
Readings
Edgell, D. L., Swanson J. R. (2019): Tourism policy and planning: yesterday, today, tomorrow. 3rd Ed. London: Routledge.
Fennell, D. A. (2018): Tourism Ethics. 2nd ed. Blue Ridge Summit: Channel View Publications.
Hall, M. C. (1996): Tourism politics: policy, power and place. Chicester: Wiley.
Priporočena dodatna literatura / Recommended additional literature:
Della Porta, D. (2003), Temelji politične znanosti. Ljubljana: Sophia.
Seznam dodatnih študijskih materialov in revij bo razdeljen študentom ob začetku predavanj.
A list of additional study materials (published texts, journals, etc.) will be distributed when the
module begins.
Prerequisits
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Writen exam 40%
Seminar work: outline of tourism policy analysis 30%
Active work in seminars: assignments and presentations 30%
Each part of the assessment must be positive in order for the final grade to be positive.
