Studiengang

Master International Tourism Management (M.A.)

Pflichtmodul
Prüfungsordnungen: ab WS 17/18 (BWL/TM/WiPsy/WiR/ITM/EI/EP),  ab WS 19/20 (ITM / MuT / GE)
Semester: 3

Exchange Programme (EP)

Wahlmodul
Prüfungsordnungen: ab WS 17/18 (BWL/TM/WiPsy/WiR/ITM/EI/EP),  ab WS 19/20 (ITM / MuT / GE)
Semester: 1, 2, 3

Seminar

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The course enables the students to understand tourism politics, international planning processes and forms of international governance of tourism including underlying theories and inter-organizational relations. The students will gain competences for the critical analysis and reflection of actual und future developments in tourism politics and planning and development strategies in companies and organizations. This embeds the knowledge of relevant literature, including critical reflection, identification of central issues and the transfer of possible solution for selected problems. Through discussion of instruments, political strategies and planning approaches the students will be enabled to develop own strategic measurements in planning and governance. In addition to subject-specific knowledge, this course aims to develop the students’ competences in teamwork, critical thinking, analytical proficiency, and discussion and presentation skills.

The course comprises an analysis of different tourism politics as well as international planning and governance theories, approaches, measurements and instruments. It critically reflects on the role of multi-level governmental policy organizations and other actors in the development of international tourism and tourism strategies. Political initiatives and planning and governance strategies will be analyzed with regard to their economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts as well as to consequences of possible planning failures. The course will cover the following main topics:

• Tourism trends and forecasting

• (International) tourism politics

• (International) planning processes in tourism

• Forms of (international) governance of tourism

• Tourism planning and policy measurements and instruments

• Impacts and benefits of tourism politics, planning and governance

• Consequences of political initiatives on tourism and

• Consequences of tourism planning failures

The lectures will be supported by critical analysis of selected case st

beamer, blackboard, overhead, lectures, literature reading

Dwyer, L./ Forsyth, P./ Dwyer, W., Tourism Economics and Policy, Channel View. in der jeweils aktuellen Auflage

Edgell, Sr. D.L./ Allen, M.D./ Smith, G./ Swanson, J.R., Tourism Policy and Planning. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Elsevier. in der jeweils aktuellen Auflage

Hall, C.M., Tourism Planning. Policies, Processes and Relationships, Pearson. in der jeweils aktuellen Auflage

Hall, C.M., Tourism. Rethinking the Social Science of Mobility, Pearson. in der jeweils aktuellen Auflage

Laws, E./ Richings, R./ Agrusa, J./ Scott, N., Tourist Destination Governance. Practice, Theory and Issues, CABI. in der jeweils aktuellen Auflage

Additional literature will be announced during class.