541-3506/01 – International Tourism and Its New Trends (MTT)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Dominik Niemiec, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Dominik Niemiec, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to teach students to work with information related to international tourism in terms of its position, importance, problems and world markets, so that they are able to use the principles thus obtained in tourism practice. Another important aim of the subject is to teach students to work with new trends that are emerging in tourism. They should be able to use them in optimizing the activities of travel agencies and tourist organizations.
Teaching methods
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Summary
Students will be acquainted with the characteristics and principles of international tourism. This is especially its importance from the point of view of the world economy, world tourist markets and its current problems. The second part will focus on new trends in world tourism, specifically in gastronomic, health, adventure and dark tourism and event tourism. Furthermore, in volunteer, wedding, film, space tourism as well as in tourism for the elderly and disabled and tourism focused on the LOHAS segment, sexual minorities - LGBT tourism and Kosher tourism and halal tourism (Halal tourism).
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Knowledge are checked during the semester by a semester project and presentations in MS PowerPoint. The course is completed by an examination, which may be scheduled having gained the initial credit. The examination is divided into a written and oral part.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study recommended literature. Complete the projects 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. Tourism as a world phenomenon, position and importance of tourism in the world economy
2. The main world markets of international tourism, the importance of international organizations for international tourism
3. Expected trends and current problems of international tourism
4. New trends in gastronomic tourism
5. New trends in medical tourism
6. New trends in adventure and dark tourism
7. New trends in event tourism and volunteer tourism
8. New trends in wedding tourism
9. New trends in film tourism
10. New trends in space tourism
11. New trends in tourism of seniors and people with disabilities
12. New trends in tourism focused on the LOHAS segment and sexual minorities - LGBT tourism
13. New trends in Kosher and Halal tourism
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction