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Current issues in tourism

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Course ID:	1900-3-CIT-GSET-OW
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Current issues in tourism
Name in Polish:	Current issues in tourism
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty do wyboru WGSR, dzienne studia II stopnia - sem. zimowy (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe, dzienne studia II stopnia (GSE, spec. geografia turystyki) - sem. 3
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	(in Polish) Classes are devoted to present geographical diversity of contemporary tourism.
Full description:	(in Polish) The scope of the course is to discuss examples of new, developing trends in tourism worldwide. Case studies, based on different types of activities, use of tourism values and destinations are discussed. The COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on a number of destinations around the world are also to be addressed, together with showing how tourism places and spaces face this challenge. Students are reading articles and discussing problems during the course.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) UNWTO Tourism Barometer (actual and archival numbers) UNWTO Tourism Highlights (actual and archival numbers) More literature references will be given during the classes.
Learning outcomes:	(in Polish) Przedmiot do wyboru: Ścieżka III: Geografia turystyki: Kształtowanie i zarządzanie turystyką Efekty specjalnościowe: S1_W01, S1_W02, S1_W03, S1_W04, S1_W11, S1_U01, S1_U07, S1_U10, S1_U11, S1_K03 Knowledge: A student knows trends of World tourism, specific of its most important forms and conditions of tourists flow. Skills: A student can find and analyze quantitative and qualitative data on tourism. Attitudes: A student is conscious of tourism environmental, economic and social impacts.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) One absence allowed; Activity during classes (discussions, presentations) will be assessed. If students are hardly engaging in the course, then a written test is a part of the assessment.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO KON TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 15 hours more information
Coordinators:	Marta Derek
Group instructors:	Marta Derek
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU KON W TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 15 hours more information
Coordinators:	Marta Derek
Group instructors:	Marta Derek
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

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