TOURISM ECONOMICS AND POLICY-1

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
ECONOMIA E POLITICA DEL TURISMO - 1
Course code
ET5002 (AF:382826 AR:207230)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6 out of 12 of ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF TOURISM
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
SECS-P/06
Period
3rd Term
Course year
2
Where
TREVISO
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The course intends to supply the students with the tools to understand how the tourism economy actually functions. With the help of concrete cases, both Italian and foreign, the principles of tourism economics will be illustrated with the aim to show how tourism resources can be used best. The first module will deal with the demand side of the tourism market; the second with the supply side and the impact of tourism on local and national economies.
Acquire basic knowledge of the economic dimension of the tourism phenomenon and of tools for a correct analysis of the tourism economy, as well as some concrete policy instruments that hel tourism development become more sustainable.
L'exam of the course of Economics.
The complete programme of first module of the 12 CFU (60 hours) course is the following:

1. definitions;
2. tourism consumptions;
3. neoclassical consumtion and tourism;
4. forecasting tourism demand;
5. managing demand; some basic principles.
Notes, handouts, readers.

Integrative reading: G. CANDELA, Manuale di Economia del Turismo, CLUEB, Bologna, 1996.

Non frequenting students: contact teacher

Written exam with open questions at the end of the course together with the evaluation of Economics and Policies of Tourism II.
Traditional lectures and discussions.
Italian
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 20/09/2023