Geografie turismu

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0124/04
Abbreviation	GT
Course title	Geografie turismu
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Definition, classification and basic terminology of the geography.
3. Classification of tourism from the point of view of geography.
4. Factors affecting the deployment of tourism I. - natural prerequisites of tourism.
5. Factors affecting the deployment of tourism II. - socio-economic prerequisites of tourism.
6. Location, selective and realization prerequisites of tourism.
7. Spatial organization of tourism.
8. Types of maps, GIS and global navigation systems in tourism.
9. Tourism geography in the Czech republic.
10. Tourism geography in Europe.
11. Tourism geography in America.
12. Tourism geography in Asia.
13. Tourism geography in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

Literature

NELSON, V.: An introduction to the geography of tourism. Second Edition. Lanham: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 2017, 383 pp. .
HUDMAN, L. E., JACKSON, R. H.: Geography of travel & tourism. 4th ed. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson/Delmar Learning, 2002, 552 pp. .

Advised literature

HALL, C. M., PAGE, S.: The geography of tourism and recreation: environment, place and space. Fouth edition. New York: Routledge, 2014, 470 pp. .
WIDAWSKI, K., WYRZYKOWSKI, J.: The geography of tourism of Central and Eastern European countries. Second edition. New York: Springer, 2017, 551 pp. .

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