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Teaching GuideTerm 2023/24 Faculty of Tourism |
| Grao en Turismo |
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| Introduction to Tourism |
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| Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Introduction to Tourism | Code | 662G01009 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
First | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction to tourism | 1.1 Concepts and definitions |
| 2. Tourism activity | 2.1. The subject of tourism - Typologies of tourism 2.2. Motivations 2.3. Tourist flows 2.4. The tourism system |
| 3. Historical Evolution | 3.1. From the origins to the twenty-first century. 3.2. Historical evolution of tourism in Spain. |
| 4. The Tourism Market | 4.1. Tourism demand 4.2. Tourism offer 4.3. Seasonality |
| 5. Impacts of Tourism | 5.1. Economic 5.2. Environmental 5.3. Sociocultural |
| 6. Tourism Agents I | 6.1. Accommodation and catering. 6.2. Transport and other suppliers. 6.3. Production and distribution. |
| 7. Tourism Agents II | 7.1. The public tourism administration. 7.2. Supranational organizations |
| 8. Tourism policy | 8.1. Concept 8.2. Evolution of tourism policy in Spain |
| 9. Destination Management: Sustainability | 9.1. Planning 9.2. Technology 9.3. Accessibility |
| 10. Tourism as a Science | Reflection and debate |
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