Class Tourism and Transport

This is a discipline with a strong component of knowledge integration, where several substantive and modelling approaches are combined and interconnected that emphasise the predominance of the transport segment in the whole constitutive of the tourism product as a final good made available to consumers. The prospective knowledge of the future role of transport progress in the tourism market is also an objective of this discipline. It is intended a characterisation and analysis of each of the means of transport in Portugal and the islands, addressing the dynamics with tourism and tourist destinations. It is intended to provide students with analytical criteria and creative skills in order to promote a successful interaction between transport and tourism offer.

1. Introduction to Transport Systems in Tourism
2. Road Transport: Characterisation, Analysis, link to Tourism dynamics and future perspective
3. Railway Transport: Characterisation, Analysis, link to Tourism dynamics and future perspective
4. Maritime and River Transport: Characterisation, Analysis, link to Tourism dynamics and future perspective
   1. Cruise ship tourism
   2. River Cruise Tourism
   3. Maritime-tourism enterprises: nature watching, whale watching, sport fishing, business opportunities, etc.
   4. Practices of the application of Accessible and Inclusive Tourism
5. Air transport: characterisation, analysis, link to tourism dynamics and future perspective
6. Space Tourism: Characterisation, Analysis, link to Tourism dynamics and future perspective

In order to bring the learning methodologies closer to the current guidelines for student-centred teaching, the following actions will be applied:

It is intended to use Moodle to streamline the exchange of information gathered and the discussion between the groups on the topics under analysis that will be carried out in an environment external to the classroom environment. The use of this platform for these purposes corresponds to the A3ES guideline in order to stimulate and promote "learning communities in virtual environments" and "cooperative learning".

Interactive Exposure will be preferably applied, together with methods centred on Inquiry and Cooperation, promoting individual student participation and their integration in working and research groups. The already used Problem-Based Learning and Case Studies methods will be reinforced in the approach to the labour market, guided visits and practical classes, fulfilling the A3ES guideline "Learning in the Workspace".

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