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Tourism in Contemporary Society

Code: 175390
ECTS: 5.0
Lecturers in charge: prof. dr. sc. Renata Relja
Lecturers: dr. sc. Toni Popović - Seminar
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Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 30
Seminar 30
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
Description:
Introduction to contemporary theories, key concepts and issues about tourism within a sociological perspective, as well as methods of exploring tourism as a social phenomenon and phenomenon.
1. Tourism within the sociological discipline - course definition, development and positioning of the sociology of tourism (2 + 2 hours)
2. Empirical research within the sociology of tourism (2 + 2 hours)
3. Socio-psychological aspects of contemporary tourist phenomena / phenomena (2 + 2 hours)
4. Phenomenology of the tourist experience: types of tourists and attraction basis of the place (destination) (2 + 2 hours)
5. Tourism and inequalities: gender, race, class and nationality (2 + 2 hours)
6. Tourism policies and strategies (2 + 2 hours)
7. Typologies of tourism (eco-tourism, urban, selective, volunteer, cultural, religious, mass) (2 + 2 hours)
8. Social and environmental outcomes of tourism development: authenticity and commodification in tourism (2 + 2 hours)
9. Mega-events as new forms of tourism in urban areas (2 + 2 hours)
10. Responsible community based tourism (2 + 2 hours)
11. Croatian tourism (positioning and evaluation of heritage elements, status and perspectives) (2 + 2 hours)
12. Selective forms of tourism and sustainability: rural tourism in Dalmatia (2 + 2 hours)
13. Tourism, postmodern society and global processes: movement of people, places, objects and communication (2 + 2 hours)
14. Tourism Ethics (2 + 2 hours)
15. Tourism and Risks in Modern Society (2 + 2 hours
Learning outcomes:
  1. Understand the positioning of the sociology of tourism within the sociological discipline
  2. Understanding the status and perspectives of Croatian tourism
  3. To be empowered to carry out empirical research within the sociology of tourism
  4. Noting the importance of socio-psychological aspects within the contemporary study of tourism phenomena
  5. Noting the importance of the tourist-host relationship
  6. Recognizing the importance of social inequalities in the implementation of tourism activities
  7. Understand the social and environmental outcomes of tourism development
  8. Identification of key determinants of responsible tourism
  9. Be able to position and evaluate heritage elements
  10. Understand the impact of global processes on tourism development
Literature:
  1. The Sociology of Tourism. Theoretical and Empirical Investigations, , Apostopoulos, Y., Leivadi, S., Yiannakis, A, Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2013.
  2. Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism (4 edition), , Veal, A. J, London:Prentice Hall, 2011.
  3. Strategic Planning and Actors Perspectives in Rural Tourism. Mašek Tonković, A. ur. of Eastern Croatia Vision and Growth, , Popović, T., Relja, R, Osijek Ekonomski fakultet, 2015.
  4. Slobodno vrijeme, putovanje i turizam: sociološki pristup, , Šuran, F, Buje: Happy, 2016.
Optional literature:
  1. Global Sociology (3 edition), , Cohen, R., Kennedy, P. eds., London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
  2. Tourism: An Introduction, , Franklin, A, London: Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: SAGE Publications Ltd., 2014.
  3. Tourism and Global Environmental Change: Ecological, Social, Economic and Political Interrelationships, , Gossling, S., Hall, M, London: Routledge Chapman & Hall., 2006.
  4. Tourism. Rethinking the Social Science of Mobility, , Hall, M, Harlow: Pearson Education., 2005.
  5. Turizam u sociokulturološkoj perspektivi, , Horvat, B, Zagreb:Mikrorad i Ekonomski fakultet Split, 1999.
  6. Janusovo lice turizma. Od masovnog do selektivno-održivog turizma, , Jadrešić, V, Zagreb: Plejada, 2010.
  7. Cruise Tourism and Society: A Socio-economic Perspective, , Papathanassis, A.; Lukovic, T.; Vogel, M, Berlin: Springer, 2012.
  8. The Sustainability of Tradition in the Dalmatian Hinterland through Green Entrepreneurship. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, 11(2), , Relja, R., Popović, T, Tomić, V, , 2016.
  9. Kuća pokraj mora, , Rogić, I., Mišetić, A., Zimmermann,R. ur., Zagreb: Institut Ivo Pilar, 2006.
  10. An Introduction to Tourism, , Wyllie, R. W, Edmonton: Venture Publishing, Inc., 2011.
1. semester
Mandatory course - Regular studij - Single Major Graduate Study Programme in Sociology
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