LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the students with the methodological and cultural basis for understanding the evolution of the tourist phenomenon from the economic and social point of view, located in the wider dynamics of the European economic development from the seventeenth century to today.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge and understanding 
Students must acquire adequate knowledge and effective understanding of the operation mechanisms of economic systems in a comparative and long-term perspective. 

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding 
Students must learn to apply acquired knowledge and understand problems related to the current economic context as a result of its historical evolution. 

Judgment Autonomy 
Students must be able to use both conceptual and operational skills acquired with autonomy of judgment and skills in different contexts of application. 

Communication Skills 
Students must acquire the technical language of the discipline to communicate clearly and unambiguously to specialists and non-specialists. 

Learning Abilities 
Students must develop adequate learning skills so they will be able to elaborate autonomously the key issues of the discipline, especially in the working contexts where they will operate.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lectures, occasional seminars on specific cases studies.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The most relevant topics will be:

Part I

• The European economy in the preindustrial era
• The start of modern industry in England
• The development patterns of the Second Comers
• The main features of the world economy in the 20th century

Part II

• From the Grand Tour to modern tourism
• The evolution of tourism demand and supply
• The Italian case: regional patterns and models
• The case of the Liguria Region.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For textbooks and teaching material in English, Erasmus students are invited to contact the lecturer during office hours.