541-0124/02 – Geografie turismu (GT)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 6 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2017/2018 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject is to inform students with the tourism geography in different parts of the world. After completing the subject, the student should have knowledge of the basic concepts, theory and methodology of tourism geography and should understand the relation of factors that affect tourism. Knowledge from geography in different parts of the world helps in the preparation of offers and products of tourism.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The subject is focused on the classification of tourism and on the description of individual factors (natural and socio-economic) affecting the deployment of tourism. Students will get information about localization, selective and realization prerequisites of tourism. The practical part of the exercise is focuses on the planning and preparation of excursions with geoscience themes.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Znalostí jsou v průběhu semestru kontrolovány pomocí semestrálního projektu a prezentacemi v MS PowerPoint. Studium předmětu je zakončeno zkouškou, ke které lze přistoupit až po získání zápočtu. Zkouška má písemnou a ústní část.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study recommended literature. Seminar work and written test to checking the knowledge in the professional literature, the content of lectures and exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction
2. Definition, classification and basic terminology of the geography.
3. Classification of tourism from the point of view of geography.
4. Factors affecting the deployment of tourism I. - natural prerequisites of tourism.
5. Factors affecting the deployment of tourism II. - socio-economic prerequisites of tourism.
6. Location, selective and realization prerequisites of tourism.
7. Spatial organization of tourism.
8. Types of maps, GIS and global navigation systems in tourism.
9. Tourism geography in the Czech republic.
10. Tourism geography in Europe.
11. Tourism geography in America.
12. Tourism geography in Asia.
13. Tourism geography in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction