115-0332/02 – Geography of Tourism (GEOCR)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of ManagementCredits3
Subject guarantorprof. RNDr. Arnošt Wahla, CSc.Subject version guarantorprof. RNDr. Arnošt Wahla, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2009/2010Year of cancellation2014/2015
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
WAH0001 prof. RNDr. Arnošt Wahla, CSc.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 2+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

- Expand the existing formal school knowledge of geography and cartography. - Develop the necessary regional geographical knowledge, skills / competencies for the profession of geography of CR.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Summary

Introducing students to the deployment of essential tourist attractions, both in CR and in the main centers of tourism of current world and simultaneously with the natural conditions, socio-economic and historical development of the state. Students completing the course should to be able to acquire a set of skills and information for the development of specific tour programs and acquire basic skills in the tourist guide.

Compulsory literature:

LEW, Alan, C. Michael HALL and Dallen J. TIMOTHY. World Geography of Travel and Tourism: A Regional Approach. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. ISBN 978-0750679787. MOWFORTH, Martin and Ian MUNT. Tourism and Sustainability: Development, Globalisation and New Tourism in the Third World. 3th ed. New York: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 13:978-0-415-41403-6.

Recommended literature:

BONIFACE, Brian, Chris COOPER and Robyn COOPER. Worldwide Destinations: The geography of travel and tourism. 6th ed. New York: Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0-080-97040-0.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

personal consultation

E-learning

Other requirements

Basic knowledge of management and the tourism economy, geographic overview.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM The definition of geography of tourism Instead of geography of tourism in the system of geographical sciences Structure of the geography of tourism Object and subject of geography of tourism Theoretical foundations of geography of tourism Development of tourism geography Research on Tourism Geography Institutional base geography of tourism Information Resources Geography Tourism 2. CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION AND USE IN THE GEOGRAPHY TOURISM AND IN TOURISM Production of cartographic publishing Cartographic presentation of tourist attractions and sites Satin creation for tourism Specific cartographic publications for tourism Cartographic production on the Internet and its use for tourism Virtual globes on the Internet Navigation, navigation systems Use of cartographic products on the Internet for tourism geography Creating custom maps 3. SPATIAL CATEGORY GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM Categories space in the geography of tourism Tourism Destination Tourism Regions Tourism Centre Tourism Areas 4. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Generally, the attractions of tourism Category tourist attractions Web feeds information about tourism attractions 5. ACTORS OF TOURISM Participants tourism Implementers Tourism Travel Agents State authorities have the responsibility of Tourism Nongovernmental organizations National organizations and institutions The actors in the tourism business 6. TOURISM ACTIVITIES IN SPACE Tourist line activities Tourist non-scheduled activity 7. CATEGORY TOURISM IS RELATED TO SPACE Tourism in the oceans, seas, lakes and rivers Marine Tourism Lake Tourism River tourism Tourism on the mainland Polar Tourism Mountain Tourism Geoturismus (geoturistika) Country (rural) tourism Hunting Tourism Exotic Tourism Religious (religious, religious, pilgrimage) tourism Ethnic and Ethnographic Tourism Tourism beyond planet Earth Space Tourism 8. TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE TO TERMS Specific objects point infrastructure Specific objects line infrastructure Specific objects of network infrastructure Objects accommodation infrastructure Objects catering infrastructure Objects leisure Infrastructure Performance Indicators Infrastructure 9. TOURISM SERVICES Applying the basic services in tourism Transportation Services Accommodation services Catering services Travel agencies Spa Services Additional Services Information Services Reservation Services Insurance Services Implementation of services required by the State Specific services in tourism Services for congress tourism Services for leisure activities Services for cycling Services for rural tourism Services for industrial tourism Services for non-traditional forms of tourism Services for incentive tourism 10. IMPACT OF TOURISM ON THE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT GLOBALISATION AND SPEECHES

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2009/2010 Winter semester, validity until: 2014/2015 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination 100 (100) 51 3
        Písemná zkouška Written examination 100  51 3
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Assessment of instruction



2011/2012 Winter
2009/2010 Winter