Objectives and competences
Course objectives are to:
• To explain historical aspect of tourism development.
• students understand and use basic concepts of tourism science and tourism industries.
• To explain Slovenian tourism sector and international tourism.
• To explain tourism industries and tourism products.
• To discuss tourism planning and development tourism on a destination.
Competencies that are gained by the students are:
• Understandig tourism as developmental policy.
• Understanding tourism as a complex and interdependent phenomenon.
• Understanding and the use of professional expresions in tourism.
Content (Syllabus outline)
The basic topics of this course are:
• Tourism and tourism.
• Social, economic, environmetal and cultural impacts of tourism.
• Motivation for tourist travel.
• Tourism product and tourism service.
• Slovenian tourism product.
• Sustainable and green tourism.
• History of tourism development.
• Components of tourism development.
• Tourist destination.
• Organization of tourism sector in Slovenia and at the international level.
• Contemporary trends in tourism.
Learning and teaching methods
This course uses a range of teaching methods including:
• Lectures.
• Discussion groups.
• Guest lecturers.
• Multimedia presentations.
• Good practices examples.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
The foreseen study results of a students are shown in:
- Understand historical development of tourism.
- Understand and use basic concepts in discussion.
- Identify various forms of tourism products.
- Recognize various concepts pf tourism development.
- Describe Slovenian tourism products.
- Identify components of tourism sector and stake-holder structure in tourism.
- Know contemporary trends in tourism.
Readings
Osnovna literatura / Essential sources:
Goeldner, C. R. , Brent Ritchie J. R. (2017). Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies. 12th Ed. Hoboken, Wiley
Vodeb, Ksenija (2014). Turistična destinacija. Sodobna obravnava koncepta: Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem, dostopno nahttp://www.hippocampus.si/ISBN/978-961-6832-77-9.pdf
Aktualan poročila STO.
Aktualna poročila UNWTO.
Priporočena dodatna literatura / Recommended additional literature:
»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 Written exam. 60%
Seminar work. 30%
Field work. 10%
A student passes the course when each segment of the course is graded with a positive grade.
