Guía docente de Europe As An International Tourist and Cultural Power (MQ1/56/1/5)

This subject analyzes the European leadership in tourism and its cultural influence. Contents of this subject will analyze international tourism flows, their importance in international influence, emerging tourism powers, the impact of tourism on the European economy, the dependence of some regions on this activity, its value in the conservation of the cultural heritage and the important challenge of environmental and social sustainability.

It is Advisable to have interest in applied economy (in This Subject We Will Not Work With Mathematical Approach), It is important to have interest in International Relations, The Tourism Sector and the European Cultural Context. It is required to have an average level of the basic office software.

Understands the role of different European actors and their correlation with the processes of globalization from a variety of academic perspectives.

Unit 1. Analysis of the impact of the tourism sector on society.

Unit 2. Tourism development models: risks and opportunities.

Unit 3. Tourism as an element of cultural dissemination.

Unit 4. International tourism and cultural diplomacy.

Unit 5. Europe in the context of international tourism flows.

Students will develop group projects based on the content of the subject. These projects are planned with the idea that students are the center of the training process. The working groups must expand the content provided by the teacher (through the teacher's guide), working and exposing it. In class sessions the debate and intervention of students will be actively encouraged.

The professor responsible for the subject will provide the students with the material.

The professor responsible for the subject will provide students with complementary readings during the  course.

Eurostat: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

World Tourism Organization: https://www.unwto.org

Final exam based on the material delivered by the professor (40%).

Development of a guided group project: essay to expand information on some of the topics covered in the subject (45%).

Attendance and participation in class sessions (15%).

Article 19 of the UGR Assessment Policy and Regulations establishes that students who have not passed a course in the ordinary assessment session (convocatoria ordinaria) will have access to an extraordinary assessment session (convocatoria extraordinaria). All students may take part in this extraordinary assessment session, regardless of whether or not they have followed continuous assessment activities. In this way, students who have not carried out continuous assessment activities will have the opportunity to obtain 100% of their mark by means of an exam based on the material provided by the professor to the students.

Article 8 of the UGR Assessment Policy and Regulations establishes that students who are unable to follow continuous assessment methods due to justifiable reasons shall have recourse to a single final assessment (evaluación única final), which is an assessment method that only takes a final exam into account. In order to opt for a single final assessment (evaluación única final), students must send a request, using the corresponding online procedure, to the coordinator of the master’s programme, in the first two weeks of the course or in the two weeks following their enrolment (if the enrolment has taken place after the classes have already begun). The coordinator will communicate this information to the relevant teaching staff members, citing and verifying the reasons why the student is unable to follow the continuous assessment system. In this case, the assessment will comprise: an exam based on the material provided by the professor to the students.