TOURISM GEOGRAPHY
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 3° YearCredit Value: 9
Taught classes: 54 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
The primary aim is to learn important elements and characteristics of the main types of economic geography and the economic and competitive context of territory. It is therefore noted the concept of territory as a tourist destination, characterized by a geographic space and evolutionary phases.
Detailed Course Content
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. This course examines tourism from an economic and geographic perspective. Topics are: Sustainable cities; Globalization; Population; Landscape; Geo-Economic space; Local Development; study cases on tourism (e.g. cinetourism; shopping tourism; cruise tourism, etc.).
Textbook Information
1) BIGNANTE Elisa, CELATA Filippo, VANOLO A. (2014), Geografie dello sviluppo, UTET, Torino (escluso il cap. 5).
2) G.CUSIMANO (a cura di) (2015), Il Turismo nelle/delle Destinazioni, Patron Editore, Bologna
3) IARRERA F., PILOTTI G., Geografia Territori e problemi, Vol I (Italia-Europa) e II (Paesi extraeuropei), Zanichelli, 2015 o altro testo che aiuti la conoscenza e la localizzazione dei Paesi nel mondo.
Slides e Materiale presente su
http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2018/courses/9490/