OPF:KCRBPGEO Geography of Tourism - Course Information

KCRBPGEO Geography of Tourism

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PaedDr. Peter Čuka, PhD. (lecturer)
Ing. Patrik Kajzar, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PaedDr. Peter Čuka, PhD.
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

None.

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

• Economy of Tourism (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)

Course objectives

The students will learn the basics of geography of tourism, including definitions, agents of development and deployment of tourism, standardization and categorization of tourist resorts, evaluating the potential of tourism in the Czech Republic examples. In the next section followed by the potential and requirements for the development of tourism in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania. Lectures and seminars are supplemented with video updates tourism potential destinations.

Syllabus

• 1. Theoretical definition of tourism geography
  2. Geography of Tourism Czech Republic
  3. Regionalization of tourism
  4. The potential of tourism
  5. Characteristics of tourism in the regions
  6. Geography of Tourism Southern and Western Europe
  7. Geography of Tourism of Central, Northern and Eastern Europe
  8. Geography of Tourism Central, Southwest and South Asia
  9. Geography of Tourism Southeast Asia and the Far East
  10. Geography of Tourism Africa
  11. Geography of Tourism North America
  12. Geography of Tourism American Mediterranean and Central and South America
  13. Geography of Tourism Australia and Oceania
  

Literature

required literature
• HAMARNEH, I. Geografie turismu - mimoevropská teritoria. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4430-8. info
• WAHLA, A. Obecná geografie cestovního ruchu. Brno: Mendlova univerzita v Brně, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7375-381-8. info
• NĚMČANSKÝ, M. Geografie cestovního ruchu České republiky. SU OPF Karviná, 2009. info
• VYSTOUPIL, J. Atlas cestovního ruchu České republiky. Praha:MMR ČR, 2006. ISBN 80-239-7256-1. info
• SLAVOMÍR, H. Geografie cestovního ruchu Evropy. Pardubice: Radek Drahný, 2006. ISBN 80-903734-1-0. info

recommended literature
• Odborné časopisy. COT, Geografické rozhledy, TRAVEL, Turista na cesty, Českopis. info
• Internet. www.mmr.cz, www.cot.cz, www.vyletnik.cz, www.czecot.com, www.czechtourism.cz, http://mesta.obce.cz, www.iri.name, www.risy.cz, www.world-tourism.org, http://europa.eu/index_cs.htm, www.etc-corporate.org/. info
• KIDLESOVÁ, S., ŠPAČEK, J. Česká republika od Ado Z. Praha: SWTrvavel, v.o.s., 2009. ISBN 978-80-254-5156-4. info
• HAMARNEH, I. Geografie cestovního ruchu - Evropa. Praha : Aleš Čeněk, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7380-093-2. info
• BLOUET, B. The EU and Neighbors. Wiley, 2008. ISBN 978-0-471-65. info
• TOUŠEK, V. a kolektiv. Česká republika Portréty krajů. Praha:MMR ČR, 2005. ISBN 80-239-6305-8. info
• HRALA, V. Geografie cestovního ruchu. Praha, 2005. info

Teaching methods

Lecture with a video analysis
One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Students' self-study

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Kombinovaná zkouška

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

seminar paper, 60 % attendance in seminars, Course-credit

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	65
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zkouška	40
Summary	144

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