ETC013 - NEW EXPRESSIONS OF POST-MODERN TOURISM: THE TERRITORIAL PERSPECTIVE

courses
ID:
ETC013
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 outline the territorial implications of tourism dynamics in light of the most recent trends and to offer a tool for reading phenomena that, such as "overtourism", are having repercussions on the socio-economic fabric of the main tourist destinations. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of the module, the student should be able to: know the characteristics and territorial implications of emerging forms of tourism; know the characteristics and territorial implications of urban and cultural tourism; understand the critical issues of contemporary tourism. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY: At the end of the module, the student should be able to: acquire the tools to develop strategies for mitigating tourism critical issues; know the characteristics of the different forms of tourist integration, also through the study of Local Tourist Systems; know the ways of using these forms of integration.

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


32 recordings lasting up to 15 minutes; in-person activities (8 hours): 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.

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 - Gavinelli D., Zanolin G., Geografia del turismo contemporaneo. Pratiche, narrazioni e luoghi. Carocci Editore, 2020

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 analyse the most recent trends in contemporary tourism, from multiple points of view: new types of tourism, new motivations of tourists, new forms of integration in the tourism sector, new forms of hospitality, current territorial repercussions of tourism, with particular reference to the phenomenon known as overtourism. Several case studies will also be analysed, with particular reference to the cities of Lisbon and Naples, which are experiencing a boom in terms of incoming flows that is generating significant consequences from a socio-economic and territorial point of view.

Course Language


Italian

Degrees

Degrees

ECONOMICS OF TOURISM AND CULTURE 
Master’s Degree
2 years
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