Observation and listening, group work skills. Favourable attitude for interdisciplinary study and approach. Availability and use of an atlas and a PC. Students may use the Tourism Geography course (CSP) as an introduction, even if not mandatory.

The course aims to provide a specific approach to the Geography of Tourism Effects. Economic, Social and Environmental Geography are the keys to Sustainable Tourism Development.

The Economic Geography of Tourism;

The Social Geography of Tourism;

The Environmental Geography of Tourism;

Sustainable Tourism Development.

A) Nelson V. An Introduction to the Geography of Tourism (third edition) Rowman & Littlefield, Lanhan, Maryland, 2021 » Pagine/Capitoli: pp. 183-273

Any additional materials will be provided in class and uploaded in the professor's personal web page.

The introductory lesson of the course will be dedicated to the Basic knowledge of the discipline and it will also be clarified what the Preliminary knowledge consists of.

• • Dialogued lectures;
  • Analysis of case studies;
  • Trainings and Tutorials in small and medium groups.

• The evaluation mode is an oral exam, that will be evaluated based on the correctness and the completeness of the informations, knowledge (20/30), mastery of the specific geography language (10/30). Specific individual and group projects may also be evaluated for students attending the course.

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