Geography of Tourism

Code:

GEOGR032

Acronym:

GEOTUR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geography

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geography

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	40	study plan	2	-	6	41	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objectives are to:
•define and characterise tourism as a part of land management, and also contribute to increasing and consolidating knowledge of the geographical approaches to tourism, essentially to the relationship amongst cultural, social, economic, political or environment features.
•identify the meaning of tourism in the societies today especially concerning the changes occurring in local behaviours, with particular emphasis on the Portuguese situation, highlighting the meaning and the role of tourism in the process of development and its effect on territorial structure.

Learning outcomes and competences

Successful students will be able to:
«IC1 – Use geographical terms and concepts correctly
IC3- Select the most appropriate level for analysis of a given situation.
IC4 – Use geographical concepts in combination with those of other areas of knowledge.
IC5-Analyze diversity and interdependence between the local and global
IC6 – Analyze diversity and interdependence between natural and social environments.
IC7 – Compare processes, mechanisms and territorial results of a changing situation.
IT3 – Interpret information correctly and carefully in comparing it with other already available and credible information , raising hypotheses and outlining suggestions for their validation.
IL1 – Express themselves in their mother tongue, both in oral and written form with correctness, accuracy and fluency, being transparent as a sender and alert/flexible as a receiver.
II4- Show Sensitivity to geographical issues, becoming involved in assignments..
IS1 - Work as a team, carry out tasks, share ideas and be receptive to other (areas of knowledge and / or cultures and / or nationalities).
IS2 – Work cooperatively with the group, pooling their competences

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Geography of Tourism
1.1. Methodological and conceptual framework
1.2. Time and area of tourism

2.The development of international tourism - from elitism to mass culture 
2.1.Initiatives and previous movements
2.2.The reference vectors of tourism – from accommodation to transport
2.3.Sender markets and receiver territories
2.4.The sustainability of tourism 

3.Tourism in Portugal
3.1.Stages of consolidation of national tourism
3.2 .Tourism policies and land management
3.3.Agents and institutions of national tourism - initiatives and obstacles
3.4.The individuality of the national tourism

Mandatory literature

Burns, Peter M.; Tourism and mobilities : local-global connections. ISBN: 978-1-84593-404-0
Butler, Richard W.; The tourism area life cycle : conceptual and theoretical issues, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-84541-028-5
Cavaco, Carminda; Práticas e lugares de turismo, 2006
Fernández Fúster, Luis; Historia general del turismo de masas, 1991. ISBN: 84-206-8136-9
Gómez, Alberto Luis; Aproximación historica al estudio de la geografía del ocio : Guia introductoria, 1988. ISBN: 84-7658-101-7
Kadt, Emanuel de; Tourisme. ISBN: 2-7178-0263-0
Lozato-Giotart, Jean-Pierre; Géographie du tourisme : de l’espace regardé à l’espace consommé, 1993. ISBN: 2-225-84138-1
Martins, Luís Paulo Saldanha; Espaços de lazer e de turismo no Noroeste de Portugal. ISBN: 972-36-0702-6
Martins, Luís Paulo Saldanha; Geografia do turismo
Mason, Peter; Tourism impacts, planning and management. ISBN: 978-0-7506-8492-7
Weaver, David; Sustainable tourism : theory and practice. ISBN: 978-0-7506-6438-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lessons with exposition; participation of the students and document analysis. The evaluation method is constituted by a written test with diverse optional questions and the analysis of an subject chosen with the students.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho de investigação	51,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

One test and a practical assignment.

Calculation formula of final grade

Test - 50%; practical work - 40%; oral skills and participation - 10%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Practical work is carried out in groups and throughout the semester's classes. In this case, the student only takes a theoretical test in the special assessment.
If the student was unable to complete the practical work, they will have to take a theoretical-practical exam.

Classification improvement

Only in the test score can there be an improvement in classification.