| CODE | TTC2210 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Island Tourism | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Tourism Management | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Islands and archipelagos are increasingly identified as important tourist destinations. Islands are also a focus for the study of tourism and its associated challenges. Adopting an ‘island studies’ approach, this study-unit provides a comparative study that highlights the appeal of such tourist destinations. Students will also explore the opportunities, contributions and threats generated by the tourism product on small economies and societies. Malta, similar to other islands, depends on tourism as one of the harbingers of its economy. This study-unit aims to provide an interdisciplinary approach to island tourism with particular attention to the Blue and Green Economy. Study-unit Aims: Students will be exposed to main debates related to the harmonization of economic growth and its impact on society and the environment. It will look at aspects of coastal tourism; supply and demand; seasonality; the cultural positionings of hosts and guests; the transformation of land and seascapes; pros and cons of mass versus niche tourism (e.g. Ibiza versus St Barth); natural disasters (e.g. Playa del Ingles, Canary Islands); and future challenges, including prospects for 'sustainable development'. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Critically discuss the modern connection between islandness and the search for paradise; - Develop a clear, critical understanding of the key role of tourism in island economies; - Appreciate the differences between cold water and warm water island tourism; - Explore the dynamics at work in 'host-guest' encounters; - Examine types of island tourism and their environmental and cultural stressors; - Value the transformations that tourism obliges to natural and cultural scapes. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Distinguish between supply and demand, mass and niche market, considerations in island tourism; - Appreciate the specific character of single and multiple island tourism; - Monitor and appraise the sustainability claims of tourism initiatives; - Critically consider the role of island size, topography and geography in tourism product development, management and strategy, both in Malta and in other islands/archipelagos. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Albury, Paul (ed) (2004) The Paradise Island Story. Oxford: Macmillan Caribbean. - Baldacchino, Godfrey. (2006). Serving Sustainable Island Tourism: Hot or Cold? - Baldacchino, Godfrey (2010) 'Re-Placing Materiality: A Western Anthropology of Sand', Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 763-778. - Baldacchino, Godfrey. (2017). Europe and Island Tourism. - Boissevain, Jeremy (1996) 'Introduction', in Coping with Tourists: European Reactions to Mass Tourism, New York: Berghahn Books, pp. 1-26. - Carlsen, J., & Butler, R. (2010). Island tourism : Towards a sustainable perspective (Ecotourism book series 8). CABI. - Cassinelli, Eleonora (2012) 'Managing land use conflicts through maps: the case of Favignana, Italy', in G. Baldacchino (ed) Extreme Heritage Management: The Practices and Policies of Densely Populated Islands, New York: Berghahn Books, pp. 134-151. - Clark, Eric and others (2007) 'Gentrification and Space Wars', in G. Baldacchino (ed) A World of Islands: An Island Studies Reader, Malta and Canada, Agenda Academic and Institute of Island Studies, pp. 483-512. - Connell, John (2003) 'Island Dreaming: the Contemplation of Polynesian Paradise', Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 554-581. - Gossling, Stefan and Wall, Geoffrey (2007) 'Island Tourism' in G. Baldacchino (ed) A World of Islands: An Island Studies Reader, Malta and Canada, Agenda Academic and Institute of Island Studies, pp. 429-454. - McElroy, J.L. (2006) 'Small island tourism economies across the life cycle', in Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 61-77. - Royle, Stephen A. (2001) 'Islands, dreams and realities', in A Geography of Islands: Small Island Insularity, London, Routledge, pp. 1-24. - Royle, Stephen A. (2001) 'Islands, their formation and nature', in A Geography of Islands: Small Island Insularity, London, Routledge, pp. 25-41. Supplementary Readings: - Agius, K. (2022). The Ecotourism Hub: A joint cross-border marketing strategy for peripheral islands. Shima, 16(1), 304–324. 10.21463/shima.124. - Agius, K., & Briguglio, M. (2021). Mitigating seasonality patterns in an archipelago: the role of ecotourism. Maritime Studies, 20(4), 409-421. DOI: 10.1007/s40152-02100238-x. - Agius, K., Theuma, N., & Deidun, A. (2021). So close yet so far: Island connectivity and ecotourism development in central Mediterranean islands. Case studies on transport policy, 9(1), 149-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2020.11.006. - Baldacchino, Godfrey (2012) 'Immigrants, Tourists and Others from Away: Come Visit but don't Overstay': The Welcoming Society of Prince Edward Island', International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 145-153. - Baldacchino, Anna and Godfrey (eds) (2012) A Taste of Islands: 60 Recipes and Stories from our 'World of Islands', Charlottetown, Canada: Island Studies Press. - Butler, Richard (2006) 'Epilogue: contrasting cold-water and warm-water island tourism destinations', in G. Baldacchino (ed) Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands, Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 247-257. - Khamis, Susie (2010) 'An Image worth Bottling: the branding of King Island Cloud Juice', International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 434-446. - Lofgren, Orvar (1999) On Holiday: A History of Vacationing. Berkeley CA: University of California Press. (Especially Introduction). - Loxley, Diana (1990) Problematic Shores: The Literature of Islands. New York: St Martin's Press (especially introduction). - MacCannell, Dean (1999) The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class, 3rd ed. Berkeley CA: University of California Press, especially pp 98-102. - Sharpley, Richard (2002) 'Rural tourism and the challenge of tourism diversification: the case of Cyprus', in Tourism Management, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 233-244. - Wood, Robert E. (2000) 'Caribbean cruise tourism: globalisation at sea', Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 345-370. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Karl Agius Marie Avellino Godfrey Baldacchino Sonya Sammut |
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