- Docente: Giovanni Maria Mazzanti
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to explain the function of policy-making and planning in tourism by providing key concepts of tourism economics and governance of tourist destinations, and comparing and contrasting different national approaches of tourist policies. By the end of the course, students should be able to apply the basic tools of tourism policy and planning to a variety of international tourist destinations as well as to analyse situations and evaluate feasible solutions.
Course contents
- Economics of Tourism Destinations
- Consumer Theory Applied to the Tourist
- Production in Tourism
- Supply of Tourism Services
- Tourism Markets
- Contracts in Tourism Markets
- ICT and the Tourism Sector
- Tourism, Development and Growth
- International Tourism: Real and Monetary Flows
- Country Case studies on Tourism Policy and Planning
Readings/Bibliography
G. Candela and P. Figini, "The Economics of Tourism Destinations", Springer, 2012.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The course will be concluded by a written examination.
Teaching tools
Teaching materials are available on the moodle page of the course:
https://elearning-cds.unibo.it/course/view.php?id=17045
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Maria Mazzanti