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Theory of tourism

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0139/01
Abbreviation TT
Course title Theory of tourism
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Dominik Niemiec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Factors influencing the development of tourism (CR) (economic, social, psychological, cultural, demographic, ecological, political, administrative).
2. Recreational environment and its favorable and unfavorable effects on humans (forests, mountains, bodies of water).
3. Market in the field of CR (prices, market peculiarities, supply, demand and their characteristic features).
4. Need and consumption in the field of CR (division and characteristics of needs, expenditure on CR).
5. Forms of CR (cultural and educational, entertainment and attraction, sports, health and healing, gourmet, congress, incentive, urban, rural, religious, senior, youth, disabled and hunting tourism).
6. Territories suitable and unsuitable for CR (territories excluded from CR due to their protection, territories limiting CR, territories unsuitable for CR), regionalization of territories in CR according to their significance for CR.
7. Capacity of the landscape (physical, ecological, social-psychological), negative and positive influence CR on the landscape.
8. Characteristics of services in CR (structure of services, peculiarities, classification of CR services).
9. Legal relationships in the provision of CR services, classification of travel agencies (TC), types of CK services.
10. Preparation of the tour, price calculation (compilation of the program, route design, price calculation, processing of the offer, preparation of the guide).
11. Transport services in CR (Railway, road, air and ship services, Mass urban and vertical transport in CR).
12. Accommodation and catering services in CR and their categories.
13. Insurance in CR (types of insurance, reporting and settlement of insurance claims).

E-learning

Study materials for this course can be found at the following link: http://geologie.vsb.cz/schejbal/UDT.PDF

Literature

JAYAPALAN, N. Introduction To Tourism. Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 2001. 296 s. ISBN 81-7156-977-3 

Advised literature

RUX, J. Vybrané kapitoly z cestovního ruchu II. 1.vyd. Jihlava: VOŠ Jihlava, 2004. 75 s.