AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• summarise the basic elements of the contemporary tourism phenomenon;
• understand the territorial dynamics that generate the tourist offer;
• understand the motivations that encourage tourists to travel;
• analysing the development processes of the various forms of tourism;
• analyse the ways in which tourism is organised and developed in different regions of the planet, with particular reference to the Italian context;
• analyse some aspects related to the communication strategies implemented by tourist resorts to promote their heritage;
• identify the factors that determine the impact of tourism on the environment, the landscape and on social, economic and territorial processes.

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching will be organised alternating between frontal and participative teaching.
Frontal teaching will be aimed at identifying and understanding basic knowledge; participatory teaching will be based on problem-based strategies aimed at stimulating the ability to analyse some problems related to contemporary tourism.

The materials used during the lessons will be uploaded in the Web classroom together with other materials (reports, links to databases, etc.) aimed at clarifying the quantitative aspects of the phenomena studied.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department's disability liaison. Further information available at https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The module will cover the following topics

• outlines of the history of tourism: from the proto-tourism to the present day;
• the figures of contemporary tourism: arrivals, presences, flows and catchment areas;
• tourism and economic geography: supply and demand, movement and transport, employment;
• tourists and tourism in the contemporary world: types of tourism, tourist motivations, the figure of the new tourist; 
• tourism and experience: the authenticity of tourist places;
• the impacts of tourism: the space visited and the space consumed; the measurement of impacts; the protection of natural heritage and its tourist promotion;
• tourism and geographical storytelling: communication of tourist locations, narratives of places, images as tools for promoting the landscape.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For attending students:

- Teaching material (scientific articles, videos and slides) uploaded by the lecturer on AulaWeb.
- Critical reading of a text to be selected from:

• Bernardi M., Marra E. (2022), Attrattività turistica e distinzione urbana. Elementi di competizione nella metropoli contemporanea, Ledizioni, Milano.
• Borrelli N., Mela A., Mura G. (2023), Turismo, sostenibilità e comunità, Ledizioni, Milano.
• Bozzato S. (a cura di) (2021), Turismo comunità territori. Frontiere di sostenibilità, Mimesis, Milano-Udine.
• Morazzoni M., Zavettieri G.G. (2023), Geografia, nuove tecnologie e turismo, Carocci, Roma.
• Zanolin G. (2022), Geografia dei parchi nazionali italiani, Carocci, Roma.

- To support the lectures, we recommend reading the following text (optional):

• Gavinelli D., Zanolin G. (2019), Geografia del Turismo Contemporaneo. Pratiche, narrazioni, luoghi, Carocci, Roma.

For NON-attending students:

- In-depth study of one of the following texts: 

• Bagnoli L. (2022), Manuale di geografia del turismo, Utet, Torino-Novara.
• Gavinelli D., Zanolin G. (2019), Geografia del Turismo Contemporaneo. Pratiche, narrazioni, luoghi, Carocci, Roma.

- Critical reading of two texts to be selected from:

• Aime M., Papotti D. (2012), L'altro e l'altrove. Antropologia, geografia e turismo, Einaudi , Torino.
• Bernardi M., Marra E. (2022), Attrattività turistica e distinzione urbana. Elementi di competizione nella metropoli contemporanea, Ledizioni, Milano.
• Borrelli N., Mela A., Mura G. (2023), Turismo, sostenibilità e comunità, Ledizioni, Milano.
• Bozzato S. (a cura di) (2021), Turismo comunità territori. Frontiere di sostenibilità, Mimesis, Milano-Udine.
• Del Bò C. (2017), Etica del turismo. Responsabilità, sostenibilità, equità, Carocci, Roma.
• Rodolphe C. (2019), Turismo di massa e usura del mondo, Elèuthera, Milano.
• Morazzoni M., Zavettieri G.G. (2023), Geografia, nuove tecnologie e turismo, Carocci, Roma.
• Zanolin G. (2022), Geografia dei parchi nazionali italiani, Carocci, Roma.

Students with DSA certification or specific disabilities are invited to contact the lecturer before the exam.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Classes will begin the week of 30 September, the exact date will be indicated when the final schedules are available.

Class schedule

GEOGRAPHY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM MOD.I

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department's disability liaison. Further information available at https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral interview will allow to evaluate:

• the understanding of knowledge;
• the development of skills useful for analysing the contemporary tourism phenomenon in real contexts.

Evaluation criteria are:

• the quality of the exhibition;
• the correct use of the appropriate vocabulary;
• the ability of critical analysis, even on possible cases discussed.