ETC011 - GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM: FOUNDATIONS, EVOLUTION AND PROCESSES OF SPATIALIZATION

courses
ID:
ETC011
Duration (hours):
24
CFU:
3
SSD:
GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICO-POLITICA
Located in:
PESCARA
Url:
ECONOMICS OF TOURISM AND CULTURE/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (21/09/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The module aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge of tourism phenomena and to analyze and evaluate their territorial aspects and implications. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES: at the end of the module the student should be able to: know the theories and practices of tourism as an economic, social and territorial phenomenon; analyze the components of demand, supply and tourist circulation; provide analysis tools to evaluate the usability, accessibility and tourist flows of a territory; develop analysis skills of territories from a tourism point of view; know and evaluate the incoming regions and the outgoing regions. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY: at the end of the module the student should be able to: understand and interpret the different moments of the tourism phenomenon; identify the territorial dynamics linked to tourism; use territorial analysis tools of tourism phenomena; spatialize the tourism phenomenon at different scales; contribute to the design of itineraries and tourism products based on the characteristics of the territory; develop strategies to enhance local tourism resources.

Course Prerequisites


Modules 1, 2 and 3 of the Educational Cluster Strategie geo-economiche e aziendali per la sostenibilità nei settori turistico-culturali are preparatory to modules 3, 4 and 5 of the Educational Cluster Storia economica del turismo e della cultura e modelli di sviluppo territoriali. Modules 1, 2 and 3 of the Educational Cluster Strategie geo-economiche e aziendali per la sostenibilità nei settori turistico-culturali are delivered in sequence.

Teaching Methods


36 recordings lasting up to 15 minutes; in-person activities (8hours): laboratories, in-depth seminars, case discussions. E-tivity (estimated student commitment of 6 hours): discussion in forums, creation of a project, writing a text, production of a document, other. Virtual Classroom (3 hours): streaming meeting to propose laboratory activities, offer support in carrying out the e-tivity and offer feedback on the work done, other.

Assessment Methods


The evaluation and the acquisition of training credits will take place through an oral exam which will consist of an interview on the topics of the program and/or the discussion of the contents of the works and activities carried out within the individual modules. The evaluation is provided through marks expressed in thirtieths. Full marks are foreseen.

Texts


Specific teaching material will be provided by the teacher. Suggested texts for further study on the contents of the module: BAGNOLI L., Manuale di geografia del turismo. Dal Grand Tour al Covid. Quinta edizione, UTET, 2022 - LEMMI E., Dallo "spazio consumato" ai luoghi ritrovati. Verso una geografia del turismo sostenibile, Milano, Angeli, 2009.

Contents


The growing openness that globalization has generated in the geopolitical, economic and cultural fields has decisively influenced the development of contemporary tourism, disproportionately expanding its range of action, and has made tourism one of the main economic sectors worldwide, with the highest rate of development and the greatest reactivity to economic crises. In their very close intertwining, globalization and international tourism are therefore able to trigger a process (virtuous or vicious, depending on the case and point of view) that feeds and strengthens itself. The module will analyze the different definitions of tourism, its economic and territorial role, the fundamental criteria that define the tourist, the product, the destination and tourist competitiveness, the factors and tools for analyzing tourist supply and demand, tourism and its spatialization, the world tourist regions with a focus on the Italian tourist region.

Course Language

Italian

Degrees

Degrees

ECONOMICS OF TOURISM AND CULTURE 
Master’s Degree
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