FPF:ULGATLA065 Geography of tourism II - Course Information

ULGATLA065 Geography of tourism II

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Pavol Plesník, PhD. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Pavol Plesník, PhD. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Pavol Plesník, PhD.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

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

• Cultural Inheritance in Regional Practice (programme FPF, B7106 HiSt)
• Spa Management and Tourism (programme FPF, B6503GAHOT)

Course objectives

The course continues in the course Geography of tourism I and provides more detailed overview of the potential and possibilities of tourism development in time and place context of natural and socioeconomic conditions. The aim is the knowledge of basic geographical conditions of world tourism. Emphasis is put mainly on orientation in the basic issues of the most visited natural, cultural and social attractions of European tourism. The students will also be informed of tourism regions on other continents. They will get the general knowledge of tourism in regional contexts and of the principles of regional development of tourism.

Syllabus

• 1. Importance and position of tourism geography in the scope of geography
  2. Position of tourism geography in economics
  3. Preconditions for tourism
  4. Regions and centres of tourism
  5. Regional tourism geography
  6. Tourism geography of the Czech Republic
  7. Tourism geography of Europe
  8. Tourism geography of America
  9. Tourism geography of Asia
  10. Tourism geography of Africa
  11. Tourism geography of Australia and Oceania
  12. Practical use of the knowledge of tourism geography
  

Literature

recommended literature
• VAVREČKOVÁ, E., ŠKROBÁLKOVÁ, E. Geografie cestovního ruchu 1. Opava - SU, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7248-888-9. info
• HAMARNEHOVÁ, I. Geografie cestovního ruchu Česka. Praha, 2010. info
• ŠTÝRSKÝ, J. Geografie cestovního ruchu Evropy a světa. Hradec Králové, 2009. info
• HAMARNEHOVÁ, I. Geografie cestovního ruchu: Evropa. Plzeň, 2008. info
• HRALA, V. Geografie cestovního ruchu. Praha, 2005. info
• KOL. AUTORŮ. Lexikon zemí světa: fakta, příroda, historie. Praha, 2005. info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, V. - KOPAČKA, L. - ŠÍP, J. Geografie cestovního ruchu. Praha: Karolinum, 2001. info
• RUSKOVÁ, D. - ŠTÝRSKÝ, J. Geografie cestovního ruchu a dějiny kultury pro cestovní ruch. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2000. info
• TŘICÁTNÍK, J. Geografie cestovního ruchu České republiky. České Budějovice: JU ZF, 1996. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

- presentation of an essay devoted to a chosen tourism destination in the world
- exam in the extent of the given literature and the content of lectures and seminars

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2016, recent)
  
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