MPR_UDCR Sustainable tourism

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:50 P302b, except Tue 2. 4.
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPR_UDCR/01: each odd Tuesday 14:00–15:50 S313, M. Novotná
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of tourism and its consequences
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The object of the course is to introduce the concept of sustainability and its application on the issue of tourism. Students are provided with practical examples to analyse and evaluate the economic, social-cultural and environemntal impacts of tourism.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able
• to define key terms from the sustainable tourism terminology;
• to identify the impacts of tourism;
• to apply knowledge of the sustainability concept in relation to tourism;
• to analyze relevant statistic data of tourism;
• to set the indicators for monitoring the impacts of tourism;
• to interpret indicators of sustainable tourism;
• to propose the strategy to treat the imacts of tourism.
Syllabus
  • Concept of sustainable tourism
  • Destination life cycle
  • Economic impacts of tourism
  • Socio-cultural impacts of tourism
  • Environmental impacts of tourism
  • Tools of sustainable tourism
  • Sustainable tourism planning
  • Visitor management
  • Certification systems
  • Monitoring of sustainable tourism development
  • Destination competitiveness
Literature
    required literature
  • Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Tourism Sustainability[...], ed. A. M. Morrison, and D. Buhalis, Taylor & Francis, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/masaryk-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7270426
  • MASON, Peter. Tourism impacts, planning and management. Third edition. London: Routledge, 2015, xvii, 253. ISBN 9781138016309. info
    recommended literature
  • Tourism and degrowth : towards a truly sustainable tourism. Edited by Robert Fletcher - Ivan Murray - Asunción Blanco Romero - Macià Blàz. First edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020, xii, 210. ISBN 9780367861520. info
  • Overtourism : tourism management and solutions. Edited by Harald Pechlaner - Elisa Innerhofer - Greta Erschbamer. First edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020, xviii, 238. ISBN 9781032337982. info
  • DWYER, Larry, P. FORSYTH and Wayne DWYER. Tourism economics and policy. Bristol: Channel View Publications, 2010, xviii, 855. ISBN 9781845411527. info
  • HALL, C. Michael and Stephen PAGE. The geography of tourism and recreation : environment, place and space. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2006, xxi, 427. ISBN 0415335612. info
Teaching methods
Lessons take form of lectures (once a week) and seminars (once a fortnight). The course also includes a semester paper.

Assessment methods
To sign for the exam, students must fulfil following requirements: 100% attendance at seminars and a submission of a semester paper in the required quality. • The exam has a written form (open questions verifying the orientation in the issues of sustainable tourism and the ability to understand the theoretical context of the issue). To obtain the mark from the course, students must reach at least 50% of all points from the exam test. • The final mark is a sum of points from semester paper (60%) and written exam (40%). If the student enrolls in the course during his/her trip abroad (e.g., Erasmus), he/she must prepare a seminar paper of the required quality assigned by the teacher and demonstrate knowledge of theoretical contexts in order to sign up for the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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