The course aims to provide analytical tools required to understand and critically examine the economic reasons guiding the actions of consumers, enterprises and public operators in the tourism sector.
Some basic aspects of microeconomics and macroeconomics will be considered, as well as problems concerning the identification of the components of tourism in the context of national accounts.
The main aim of the course is to provide students with a good knowledge of the models and theories of the economics and policy of tourism
Knowledge and understanding - Students must acquire adequate knowledge of the peculiarities of the tourism phenomenon, in order to critically understand the economic and political-economic mechanisms that determine the structure and evolution of the sector.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding - Students must learn to apply the acquired knowledge and understand problems related to the organizational and strategic choices in the tourism sector.
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 ad terminology of the discipline to communicate clearly and unambiguously to specialists and non-specialists.
Learning Abilities - Students must develop adequate learning skills that will allow them to elaborate autonomously the key issues of the discipline, especially in the working contexts where they will operate.
At the beginning of this course, students are supposed to have the command on some basic principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics (such as consumer and firm theory, macroeconomic equilibrium, among others).
Students can make use of the support materials made available on Aulaweb.
Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Serena Scotto (scotto@economia.unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison
Microeconomics and macroeconomics introduction.
Part I – Introduction to the economics of tourism
Definitions and key contents
Object of study
The tourism sector. Some statistical data.
Tourism in national accounting, tourism satellite account
Part II – The microeconomics of tourism
The choice of the tourist as a consumer.
Production in tourism. Seasonality in tourism
The tourism markets
Part III – The macroeconomics of tourism
The tourism expenditure multiplier
The crowding-out effect of tourism
Part IV – International tourism
Monetary aspect and competitiveness
Part V – The state intervention and the public organization of tourism
- Guido Candela, Paolo Figini, Economia del Turismo e delle Destinazioni, McGraw-Hill, Milano,2^ed., 2010.
Will be indicated later parts of the text to be studied.
- Course materials provided by the teacher (Aulaweb)
Ricevimento: Please contact the lecturer by e-mail. Additional operational indications will be provided through Aulaweb.
CHIARA PICCARDO (President)
GABRIELE CARDULLO
ALESSANDRO SPIGANTI
I semester- October 2024
Written examination
Additional operational indications will be provided through Aulaweb.
Written test with open or prefixed alternative answers.
There will be an intermediate exam for attending students
Students who are not attending will take the exam in a single test scheduled in the regular exam sessions. The structure of the examination is the same for both attending and non-attending students.
For further information please refer to the Aulaweb page.
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