88370 - Tourism and Transport

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Docente: Stefano Scagnolari
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: SECS-P/02
  • Language: English
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)

Course contents

After taking this course, the students should be able to:

  • Map the key elements of the complex relationship between transport and tourism

  • Outline the correlation between modes, networks and flows and their role in the development of tourism

  • Describe and evaluate the importance of connectivity and accessibility of transport networks and their role in tourism development

  • Identify the role of government in transport and tourism relationships

  • Understand the nature of supply and demand in relation to transport and tourism

  • Understand various models of spatial interaction in transport and what this means for tourism flows and development

    In this course, the relationship between tourism and transport is examined, using several applied examples from economics, geography and marketing.

    After a general multidisciplinary introduction, a significant time will be devoted to explain approaches and models dedicated to the analysis of the demand. In particular, those lessons will consider how transport is manifested within the tourism system and how the provision of movement and mobility facilitate and is involved in leisure activities. Then this module will outline trends in each of the three main modes of transport (ground, air, marine) examining critical issues associated with these modes and it will interrogate the notion of sustainable modes of transport.

    Furthermore, the course will describe how government policy can affect the development of tourism transport system. The role of government is discussed from two points of view: regulation and planning. Together with the previous parts, they give rise to supply and demand issues and a discussion of models of elasticities.

    Finally some of the main issues that are likely to affect tourism and transport in the next decades will be outlined, particularly the role of globalization, privatization and innovation in transport system.

Topics:

  1. General multidisciplinary introduction
  2. Transport and Tourism relationship
  3. Mobility demand
  4. Transport Networks and Flows
  5. Ground Transport and Tourism
  6. Marin Transport and Tourism
  7. Air Transport and Tourism
  8. The role of Government
  9. Safety and security
  10. Sustainable Tourist Travel
  11. Future and challenges

Readings/Bibliography

Students are expected to take notes, which together with the PowerPoint slides will be the main resource for preparing the final exam.

Useful background references are:

  • D.T. Duval, Tourism and Transport: modes, networks and flows, Channel View Publications (2007)

  • S.J. Page, Transport and Tourism: global perspectives, Prentice Hall (2009)

Teaching methods

In-class lectures and groupworks.

Each topic, that will first be covered in theoretical lectures, will be also discussed through the analysis of research papers.

Assessment methods

Evaluation is as follows:

  • 30%: in-class activities, groupworks and participation

  • 70%: final exam

    or

  • 100% final exam (for non-attending students)

    The exam is carried out in written form (90 minutes of time), and is structured as follows: three open-answer questions to be chosen between four.

    For the exact structure of in-class activities eventually carried out during the course, please refer to the teaching material online.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint slides, videos and teaching materials for the group works.

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Scagnolari

SDGs

Industry, innovation and infrastructure Sustainable cities Responsible consumption and production Climate Action

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.