Course
| code | TM431 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Tourism and Transportation |
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| prequisites | None |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | This course serves as introductions to the tourist transport its concepts and methods of analysis. It introduces the approaches to the analysis of tourist transport from the multidisciplinary perspectives. It explores the role of government policy and tourist transport regulation versus privatization. This course analyzes the demand for tourist travel and the supply issues in tourist transport. It introduces methods of managing supply issues in tourist transport and managing tourist infrastructure especially the role of the airports. It tackles the human and environmental impact of tourist travel using the approach towards sustainability. Finally, the course explores the prospects and challenges for tourist transport provision (global, national and local issues). |
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| objectives | Understand a number of conceptual and empirical issues associated with the way multidisciplinary researchers approach the study of the transport-tourism interface.
Discuss the scope of progress in tourism and transport in the new millennium.
Understand how transport and tourism studies are functionally linked and integral to the wider understanding of tourism development. |
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| objective set | bullets |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
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Description |
| 1 |
Understanding Tourist Transport : Concepts and Methods of Analysis
Tourism Studies and tourist transport
The tourist transport system: a framework for analysis
The nature and scope of tourist transport: modes of travel
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| 2 |
Analyzing Supply Issues in Tourist Transport
The state and the supply of tourist transport
The supply chain in tourist services
Integration in the tourism sector: implications for the supply of tourist transport
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| 3 |
Approaches to the Analysis of Tourist Transport: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
The economist and tourist transport
The pricing of air travel: case studies
Geography and tourist transport
Globalization and tourist transport
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| 4 |
Managing Supply Issues in Tourist Transport
Business strategies and the transport sector
Strategic alliances and cooperation
E- travel and the transport and tourism sector
The supply of tourist transport in destination areas
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| 5 |
The Role of Government Policy and Tourist Transport regulation versus Privatization
The role of government policy and tourist transport
Interpreting transport policy: implications for tourist travel
Formulating state level tourist transport policy
Privatization and the UK rail system: lessons for government
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Managing Tourist Infrastructure: the Role of the Airport
The management challenge of tourist transport terminals
Airport planning and development
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Analyzing the Demand for Tourist Travel
The international demand for the tourist travel
Motivation, tourist transport research and psychological issues
Infrastructure development in developing countries
Forecasting demand for tourist transport
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| 8 |
Human and Environmental Impacts of Tourist Transport: Toward Sustainability
The human consequences of modern tourist travel
The environmental impact of tourist transport
Environmental auditing and tourist transport
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| 9 |
Prospects and Challenges for Tourist Transport Provision:
Global, National and Local issues Tourist transport provision in the new millennium: the challenge of globalization
Service quality issues
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