96239 - Geography of Sport and Tourism

Learning outcomes

t the end of the course, the student is able to: Use the tools and methods of economic geography for the analysis of sport tourism destinations Evaluate the impact of sport and tourism activities on local sustainability Develop sustainable local development projects at the intersection between sport and leisure

Course contents

At the end of the course the student should be able to analyse the local systems of tourism supply with reference to sport and wellness activities.

Contents of the lectures will be:

I. Sport and Tourism: defining and measuring the phenomenon (international, national and local scale)

1. Tourism and sport: overlapping definitions
2. The geographical approach to tourism and sport
3. Tourism demand: trends and forecasts in tourism
4. Tourism supply:analyzing local systems
5. Social, cultural, economic and political factors affecting the relationship between tourism and sport

II. Sport, Tourism and space between planning and management

1. Tourism management in urban areas (urban regeneration, spatial segregation, hosts guests relationships, mega events, etc.)
2. Tourism management in rural areas (socio cultural carrying capacity, measuring sport events economic impact, environment impact assessment, etc.)
3. How to plan and develop sustainable tourism products

III. Sustainable Tourism

1. Notion of sustainable tourism
2. Controversies of tourism sustainability
3. Sport tourism in a sustainability approach
4. Project design for sustainable tourism development
5. Creative tourism for local development

Readings/Bibliography

Tom Hinch & James Higham, Sport Tourism Development Third Edition, Channel View, 2018.

Additional articles and readings will be provided during classes.

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures will be integrated with practical exercises and if possible field visits

Assessment methods

Students will be given two individual assignments and one teamwork assignment on Virtuale during the course. The final evaluation of the integrated course will be the average of all the marks collected for the assignments in this module and in the module of Prof. Giovanardi. If in the current year students are involved in fieldwork activities, the final evaluation will be also organized on the basis of a project work. Students will be informed about that at the beginning of the course.

Teaching tools

All teaching materials will be available on Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Alessia Mariotti