| CODE | TTC1126 | ||||||||
| TITLE | The Tourist | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| EQF/MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Tourism Management | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit introduces students to the basic theories used to describe and classify tourists. This includes the push and pull factors that motivate visits to particular locations and creates a basis to comprehend models and concepts describing different types of tourist stimuli. This comprises the language related to tourism including definitions and typologies. The course will therefore seek to assist students portray tourists not as a single group but as individuals with varying motivations, behaviours, meanings and ways of viewing places. An examination of models proposed by Urry, Plog, Smith, Gray, Cohen, Crompton and Schmoll including their application to more recent events will be included. The course will also provide an overview of the Klenosky and Gitelson's Conceptual Model. Study-unit Aims: The main objective of this study-unit is to introduce and familiarise students with the theoretical models utilised to typify tourists. This academic foundation will assist participants to comprehend the motivations behind visits to different destinations, including the expectations which underpin tourist demand, behaviours and consumption habits and the possibility to view this from a host-guest relationship. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Comprehend basic theoretical frameworks underpinning tourist characteristics; • List the factors that characterise tourist demand and expectations including shifts in these dynamics; • Comprehend the host-guest relationship and the ethical aspect of the tourist experience. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Discuss the theories typifying the different types of tourists and how these models can be applied to more recent situations; • Apply models and concepts to classify typologies, motivations, consumer choice and characteristics of tourism demand to current settings. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: View reading list |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Fieldwork, Independent Study & Seminar | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Margaret Camilleri Fenech |
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