Geomontane tourism

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0128/04
Abbreviation	GMT
Course title	Geomontane tourism
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Basic characteristics and concepts of montane tourism
3. Assessment of mountain landscape and objects from the point of view of tourism
4. Characteristics, care and protection
of individual types of montane objects
5. Characteristics of montane archeology
6. History of mining in Europe
7. History of mining in the Czech Republic
8. History of mining in the territory of Slovakia
9. Development of mining and metallurgical technologies
10. Montane objects on the UNESCO World Heritage List
11. Presentations and examples of mountain tourism in the Czech Republic
12. Presentations and examples of mountain tourism in Slovakia
13. Procedures for the selection and evaluation of objects for the needs of montane tourism

E-learning

Study materials for this course can be found at the following link: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://geologie.vsb.cz/MONTANNI_TURISMUS.PDF

Literature

COLIN, M.V., JOLLIFFE, L. Mining Heritage and Tourism, a global synthesis. Routledge, London, New York, 2010. 280 s.

Advised literature

DOWLING, R., K., NEWSOME, D. Geotourism. Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. 290 s.
CHEN, A., YUNTING, L., YOUNG, C.Y. NG. The principles of geotourism. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. 264 s.

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