69825 - International Tourism Legislation and Organization

Learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course the student knows the public organization of the tourism sector at the international and European level, together with the principles of the international laws regulating the tourism sector. Moreover, the student is able to critically evaluate the different administrative models of organization of the tourism sector at the local level.

Course contents

The course is structured in 10 meetings (lectures, seminars and workshops) as followed:

1. Presentation of the course. Definition of International law and Tourism International Law, subjects (UNWTO, European travel Commission...) and sources of rights (Guidelines and Tourism International Conventions).

2. Tourism and the European Union: from Treaty of Rome to Treaty of Lisbon.

3. Workshop: presentation of student papers on one of the above mentioned topics.

4. Focus (Seminar): Enviromental and Green Economy vs Tourism

5. Focus (Seminar): Cultural Heritage and Landscape vs Tourism

6. Workshop: presentation of student papers on one of the above mentioned seminars.

7. Focus (Seminar):  Tourism law of the Court of Justice: Study Cases

8. Focus (Seminar):Tourist professions and the problems of European and international law

9. Focus (Seminar): The tourist as citizen of the world: the hospitality of the tourist and the urban planning tools

10. Workshop: Presentation of student papers on one of the above mentioned seminars.

Readings/Bibliography

For attending students: the lessons and the exam topics are on slides uploaded to teaching's website. 

Recommended readings / tools published by the teacher on the “web guides”:

a) slides;

b) UNWTO Statute – English version;

c) TFEU – English version;

d) The European Landscape Convention (english version);

e) The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (english version).

Other recommended readings:

f) A. Martelli, Environmental Protection and Economic Instruments in European and Italian Environmental Law, in A. Cicchetti - J.O. Frosini - M. Gola (edited by), Public Law and Regulation, Rimini, Maggioli, 2011;

g) F. Tajani, Emission Trading: Market-Based Approach in the Field of Environmental Protection, in A. Cicchetti - J.O. Frosini - M. Gola (edited by), Public Law and Regulation, Rimini, Maggioli, 2011;

h) S. Urbinati, Communities, Groups and Individuals: the Bearers of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. What is the Role Attributed to These Subjects in the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage?, in A. Cicchetti, J.O. Frosini, M. Gola (edited by), Public Law and Regulation, Rimini, Maggioli, 2011;

i) M. Evans, International law, Oxford University press, last edition, chapters: Part II, III, IV par. 11, V par. 15, VI par. 20, VII par. 24.

For non attending students: The following documents are compulsory for non attending students.

a) slides;

b) UNWTO Statute – English version;

c) TFEU – English version;

d) The European Landscape Convention (english version);

e) The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (english version).

f) A. Martelli, Environmental Protection and Economic Instruments in European and Italian Environmental Law, in A. Cicchetti - J.O. Frosini - M. Gola (edited by), Public Law and Regulation, Rimini, Maggioli, 2011;

g) F. Tajani, Emission Trading: Market-Based Approach in the Field of Environmental Protection, in A. Cicchetti - J.O. Frosini - M. Gola (edited by), Public Law and Regulation, Rimini, Maggioli, 2011;

h) S. Urbinati, Communities, Groups and Individuals: the Bearers of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. What is the Role Attributed to These Subjects in the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage?, in A. Cicchetti, J.O. Frosini, M. Gola (edited by), Public Law and Regulation, Rimini, Maggioli, 2011;

i) M. Evans, International law, Oxford University Press, last edition, chapters: Part II, III, IV par. 11, V par. 15, VI par. 20, VII par. 24.

Teaching methods

The course is structured in lessons, seminars and workshops.

The teaching and assessment method used in the course aims at the student's personal and active involvement. The student will be evaluated related to:

1) active participation in the course, interventions, questions

2) team work: organization, problem solving management mode, exposure to work content, language ownership, and date exposure timing

Assessment methods

For the attending students the exam is held during the lessons.

The students have to write 3  short reports / papers (each one max. 10 pages) about three topics of the lessons and seminars of the course, and they have to present their work in the class.

It is possible to make teams, but each student has to do his/her part of the work. So you should split the paper in more parts and each of you will be responsible for the chosen part concerning contents, language and presentation given in the class. Every student will have 5 minutes to present his/her work. The mark for each paper is from 0 to 10 points, the minimum mark to pass is 6 out of 10 (18/30) for each paper. At the end of the presentation the students will be asked to answer to questions from both the teacher and the other students. The questions and the answers are evaluated from 0.33 to 0.99 per point.

The average of such ratings will constitute the final mark.

If the student doesn't pass the exam because he/she gets an insufficient mark, he has to make an extra written exam (10 multiple choice test).

For the non attending students the exam is divided into two parts. 

First part:

The students have to write a paper (10-15 pages) about one of the topics concerning the slides and the texts indicated in the Bibliography, and send it to the teacher's e-mail at least 10 days before the exam. The paper will be discussed during the oral exam. The mark for the paper is from 1 to 5 points. The Professor will send an e-mail to the student in case of an insufficient paper.

Second part:

A written exam (10 multiple choice test). The minimum mark to pass is 6 out of 10 (18/30).

The average of such ratings will constitute the final mark.

The exam is aimed at evaluating the skills and the critical abilities developed by the students as regards to:

1. The meaning of Tourism Law. Tourism and Tourism Law, Tourism and Economic development, Tourism and Sustainable development, Tourism and sustainable Tourism, Tourism and Globalization.

2. The international perspective: the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

3. The UNWTO Statute - The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism - The World Committee on Tourism Ethics - The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

4. Tourism Law in the EU perspective.

5. Environmental protection (related to tourism).

6. The implementation of the Landscape Convention (related to tourism).

7. Sustainable urban planning (related to tourism).

8. The protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (related to tourism).

9. Tourism law of the Court of Justice.

10.Tourist professions and the problems of European and international law.

Registration for the exam is compulsory, and students have to register through AlmaEsami according to the general rules of the School of Economics, Management and Statistics.

The attending students will register in order to have their final mark transcripted.

It is not allowed to bring books, personal notes or electronic devices during the exam.

 

Teaching tools

PowerPoints Presentations and slides.

Office hours

See the website of Anna Cicchetti