28826 - Cultural Geography of Tourism

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand tourism and its relationship with knowledge and Heritage.
In particular the student will be able to apply innovative skills for sustainability and for the optimization of economic, social and cultural impacts of tourism development in the field of conservation and management of cultural heritage and for cultural diversity (governance processes, sustainability tools for cultural projects in tourism destinations, international policies for cultural heritage management and conservation).

Course contents

Heritage and Tourism: definition and interpretation

Tourism and Geography (Economic and Political Geography,  Human Geography, Cultural Geography)

Tourism and Image

Tourism and Space: model and interpretation tools of the tourism phenomenon

Tourism and Spiritual Experiences

Culture, tourism and development: international agreements and policies in the cultural tourism field (UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS, UNWTO, IEIC)

 

Readings/Bibliography

Bagnoli L., Manuale di Geografia del turismo, Torino, UTET, 2006

Dallari F., Trono A., Zabbini E.(a cura di), I viaggi dell'Anima. Società, Culture, Heritage e Turismo, Bologna, Patron, 2009

Timothy D. J. , Boyd S.W. , Heritage e turismo, Milano, Hoepli, 2007. Only chap 1

International declarations are available on the webpages of the international organisations (UNESCO,UNWTO, IEIC, ICCROM; ICOMOS, etc.) and will be also saved in the online materials for unibo students

Suggested readings:

OECD, The Impact of Culture on Tourism, Paris, OECD, 2009 (part I)

Santagata W. e Trimarchi M., (a cura di), Turismo culturale e crescita del territorio. Identità, tradizioni e piaceri nel Monferrato, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2007

Verbeke M.J. , Priestley G.K. and Russo  A.P. , Cultural Resources for Tourism, Novapublisher, 2008

Novelli M. (ed.), Niche Tourism. Contemporary issues, trends and cases, London, Elsevier, 2005

Richard G. (ed.), Cultural Attractions and European Tourism, New York, CABI Publishing, 2001

Smith M. (ed.), Tourism, Culture & Regeneration, New York, CABI Publishing, 2007

Smith M., Issues in Cultural Tourism Studies, second Edition, London and New York, Routledge, 2009

Dansero E. e Segre A., Geografia e grandi eventi, "Bollettino della società Geografica Italiana", 2003

The study of  online course material is required and integrates the contents of the texts in the bibliography.

Teaching methods

Master class 70%

Field trips 10%

Practical training 20%

Assessment methods

Final exam: written and optional oral (if the written is positive)

Office hours

See the website of Fiorella Dallari