1. Understand tourism worldwide, as well as the positioning of Portugal and the Azores;
2. Identify the differences between growth and development, from a sustainable development perspective;
3. Apply knowledge of economics to the development of tourism destinations;
4. Understand the importance of governance and the formation of networks for the enhancement of tourism;
5. Know how to analyze plans, programs, and strategies for the development of tourism destinations;
6. Understand the relevance of tourism models and competitiveness indicators;
7. Develop strategic and systematic thinking about the management of tourism destinations.
1. Characterization of tourism
1.1 Tourism: conceptual discussions
1.2 Receipts, flows and reports from international organizations
2. Tourism and sustainable development
2.1 Growth versus development
2.2 Sustainable development of tourism and its impacts
3. Tourism and economy
3.1 Multiplier effect and satellite account
3.2 Shared economy in tourism
3.3 Creative economy and tourism
3.4 Blue economy and its interface with tourism
4. Governance, stakeholders and networks in boosting tourism
4.1 Governance instances and their social actors
4.2 Networks: training and operationalization
5. Tourism planning and public policies
5.1 Plans, programs and strategies at national and regional levels
5.2 Participative planning
6. Modeling in tourism: design and applicability
6.1 Tourism systems
6.2 Models of tourism
7. Tourism competitiveness
7.1 Competitiveness indicators
7.2 The World Economic Forum's tourism competitiveness index
The curricular unit develops, based on the realization of theoretical-practical classes and the application of knowledge to local and regional reality. In order to achieve the established objectives, there is a combination of several elements, namely, dialogued exposition of contents, presentation of videos, discussion of case studies, group dynamics, written works and debates. The pedagogical strategies outlined aim at understanding, as well as the application of theoretical and conceptual knowledge acquired by students. In classrooms that include contact hours in synchronous distance learning (up to 25%, i.e., 15 hours), learning tasks will be carried out within the Moodle platform (or another in use at UAc), stimulating engagement of students through, for example, the analysis of case studies or scientific articles.
- Cooper, C., Fletcher, J., Fyall, A., Gilbert D., & Wanhill, S. (2008). Tourism Principles and Practice (4th ed.). Pearson Education.
- Cunha, L. (2017). Turismo e Desenvolvimento: realidades e perspetivas (1ª ed.). Lidel.
- Edgell Sr., D. L. (2019). Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future (3rd ed.). Routledge.
- Hall, M.C. (2008). Tourism Planning: Policies, Processes and Relationships (2nd ed.). Pearson Education.
- Inskeep, E. (1991). Tourism Planning: An Integrated and Sustainable Development Approach. John Wiley & Sons.
- Mason, P. (2008). Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management (2nd ed.). Elsevier.
- Sharpley, R. (2022). Tourism and Development Theory: Which Way Now? Tourism Planning & Development, 19:1, 1-12, DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2021.2021475
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