BPR_PNPC Tourism Policies and its Support Instruments

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Bc. Andrea Holešinská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Ondřej Repík (assistant)
Ing. Martin Šauer, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Milan Viturka, CSc.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Thu 14:35–16:15 P104
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of tourism (BPR_CERU)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce the importance and application of tourism policy, implementation of its instruments and the activities of the responsible bodies. All this presented on the example of the Czech Republic, European Union and other selected countries. At the end of the course students should be able
- to define key terms from the terminology of tourism policy;
- to understand the fundamental basis of tourism policy;
- to explain the implementation of tourism policy instruments and the activities of tourism policy representatives ;
- to analyze tourism policy in the Czech Republic, the EU and other selected countries;
- to express the benefits of tourism policy.

Syllabus
  • theoretical part of tourism policy
  • Key elements of tourism policy (instruments, bodies, targets)
  • Development of tourism in the Czech Republic and its impact on the Czech tourism policy
  • The conception of tourism policy in the Czech Republic
  • Instruments and bodies of tourism policy in the Czech Republic
  • Tourism policy in EU
  • Instruments and bodies of tourism policy in EU
  • Tourism policy in selected countries
Literature
    required literature
  • VYSTOUPIL, J., ŠAUER, M., HOLEŠINSKÁ, A., METELKOVÁ, A.: Politiky a nástroje podpory cestovního ruch. DSO. Brno: MU ESF, 2006, 89 s.
  • HOUŠKA, Petr and Zdenka PETRŮ. Cestovní ruch v působnosti orgánů EU : (vybrané dokumenty). Vyd. 1. Praha: Oeconomica. 275 s. ISBN 9788024516455. 2010. info
    recommended literature
  • ELLIOTT, James. Tourism : politics and public sector management. London: Routledge. 279 s. ISBN 0415071585. 1997. info
Teaching methods
Lessons take form of lectures (once a week). The course also includes a semester paper (essay).

Assessment methods
To sign for the exam, students must fulfil following requirements: a submission of a semester paper in the required quality.
The exam has a written form (test - approximately 15 opened and closed questions). To obtain the mark from the course, students must reach at least 60% of all points from the exam test.
The final mark is a sum of points from semester paper (40%) and written exam test (60%).

Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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