Tourism and Leisure Geography
Objectives
a) To understand tourism as an element of territorial mutation in its economic, social and cultural perspectives as well as its diversity and multicultural character;
b) To analyze the touristic sector and leisure activities from an offer and demand point of view, according to the most common classifications;
c) To identify different touristic development models based on national and international examples;
d) To use the knowledge in practical cases, namely to create promotional strategies and/or touristic development;
e) To develop methodologies of analysis and diagnosis, socially, culturally and environmentally sustainable for the planning of tourism.
General characterization
Code
01100837
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Jorge Ricardo da Costa Ferreira
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Careto, H. & Lima, S. (2006). Turismo e Desenvolvimento Sustentável. GEOTA, Volume. 1, pp. 2197.
Hall, M. and Page S. (2007). The geography of tourism and recreation : environment, place and space. Routledge.
Hall, M. (2019). Tourism and Innovation (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility. Routledge; 2nd edition.
Holden, A. (2008). Environment and Tourism. Routledge: London and New York, chapter 2, pp. 2564
Williams, S. and Lew, A. (2014). Tourism Geography: Critical Understandings of Place, Space and Experience.Routledge; 3rd edition
Teaching method
Expositive and participative teaching; discussion of casestudies; field work.
Evaluation method
Written examination with all the content taught (60%), individual or group essay (until 3 students) based on literature and documental information, resulting from autonomous research, eventually field work (25%). Oral presentation with powerpoint (20 minutes) followed by public debate (15%).
(The proposal for assessment elements to be presented to students in the 1st class may be adjusted, namely in the % of each element and taking into account contingency plans linked to the pandemic that may occur).
Subject matter
1) Introduction to tourism and leisure geography - objectives, concepts and general notions
2) Causes and consequences of tourism and leisure in society, economy and culture
3) The importance of the tourism and leisure sector for the development and its evaluation of statistics, supply and demand indicators
4) Tourist motivations and their typologies
5) Tourism, leisure and the environment – sustainable tourism
6) Territorial planning in the tourism and leisure sector
7) New forms of tourism – types, fashions and dynamics
8) Tourism and leisure in Portugal
9) New digital platforms and innovation in the tourism and leisure sector – evolution dynamics .