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Presentation
Presentation
This curricular unit´s main goal is to address territorial management and planning concepts with emphasis on tourism development. This aims to capacitate students to participate in the efficient management of tourism destination, conciliating industry objectives with environmental balance and residents’ wellbeing.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT225-7314
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
• Introduction and conceptualization
o Definitions and planning approaches
o Evolution of planning theory and practice
o Definitions and approaches to tourism planning
• Tourism and development
o The planning process in tourism
o Evolution of tourism planning theory and practice
o Tourism as a tool for development
• Growth and development
Growth vs Development: The Rostow Model
o Development indicators
• Planning and development of tourism in Portugal
o The planning and development system in Portugal
o Historical perspective and current scenario
• Analysis models of tourism development
o The Butler and Miossec models
the sustainable development of tourism
• Competitiveness of tourist destinations
o The Ritchie and Crouch model
o Planning and development of competitive destinations
o Resource management in competitive destinations
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Objectives
Objectives
By the end of this Curricular Unit, students must be able to:
- Understand the main definitions and approaches to planning, as well as their application to tourism planning.
- Differentiate the concepts of growth and development, as well as measure the latter based on indicators.
- Use planning concepts to think tourism as a tool for local development.
- Understand the tourism planning system in Portugal throughout history and nowadays.
- Make good use of the main analysis models of tourism development for diagnostic purposes.
- Plan the development of tourist destinations to attain objectives of both competitiveness and sustainability.
- Analyse and identify good practices of case studies in tourism development.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Digital pedagogy tools like Padlet and Menti and Escape rooms will be used and project-bsed learning methods will be applied.to evaluated activities. Student reflection and discussion will be stomulated using various techniques such as team-based learning. Student project developed in collaboration with UC Tourism Products and Markets, including common guest lectures to stimulate inter-generational mixing, exchange and reflection.
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References
References
- Hall, P. (2002). Urban and Regional Planning (4th ed.). London: Routledge.
- Kastarlak, B. I., & Barber, B. (2014). Fundamentals of Planning and Developing Tourism. Pearson New International Edition. Harlow.
- Pearce, D. (1989). Tourist Development (2nd ed.), Longman, Harlow.
- Ritchie, J. R. B., & Crouch, G. I. (2003). The competitive destination: A sustainable tourism perspective. CABI, Oxon.
- Rostow, W. W. (1990). The Stages of Economic Growth. A Non-Communist Manifesto (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Zhou, P. (2019). The Theory and Practice of China's Tourism Economy (1978–2017), Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path (Series). Springer, Singapore.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No