Tourism country studies

Course: Tourism

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Tourism country studies
Code
ННД.05
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
8
Learning outcomes
1. Explain the specifics of the organization recreational and tourist space (PLO4) 2. Show respect to individual and cultural diversity (PLO14) 3. Manage your studies with a purpose self-realization in the professional tourism sector (PLO17) 4. Adequately evaluate your knowledge and apply them in various professional situations (PLO18)
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
After studying the "Tourist Country Studies" course, students should be able to freely navigate the theoretical material and: identify and analyze the factors of tourism development (national, European, world level); work with statistical, reference and cartographic materials; to describe world, European, and national recreational and tourist resources; to analyze the peculiarities of tourism development in the countries, regions of the world and Ukraine; apply modern and traditional active learning methods when studying the discipline; to possess the modern conceptual and terminological apparatus of tourist country studies
Course content
Information is provided about the essence, stages of formation and definitions of tourism country studies; scheme of country research; approaches and principles of tourist zoning of the world or a single state. In terms of historical geographical regions of the world (Central, Southern, Western and Northern Europe; Russian Federation, South Caucasus and Central Asia; East, Southeast and South Asia; Australia and Oceania; Anglo-America, the Caribbean, Central and South America; Northern and Tropical Africa; Middle East) and on the example of individual states from each region information on the territorial organization of tourist activities is provided; and infrastructural resources contributing to formation and functioning tourism industry, its current state and prospects for development, the place of individual countries and regions in the world tourist market.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Zakon Ukrainy «Pro turyzm», zatverdzhenyi Ukazom Prezydenta Ukrainy 18 lystopada 2003 r. 2. Zakon Ukrainy «Pro muzei ta muzeinu spravu». // Uriadovyi kurier. – 1995. – № 123–124. – S.8–9. 3. Zakon Ukrainy «Pro pryrodno-zapovidnyi fond Ukrainy». // Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. – 1992. – № 34. 4. Beidyk O.O. Rekreatsiino-turystski resursy Ukrainy: metodolohiia ta metodyka analizu, terminolohiia, raionuvannia: Monohrafiia. – K.: VPTs «Kyivskyi universytet», 2001. – 395 s. 5. Beidyk O.O. Slovnyk-dovidnyk z heohrafii turyzmu, rekrealohii ta rekreatsiinoi heohrafii. – K.: «Palytra», 1998. – 130 s. 6. Beidyk O.O. Ukrainsko-rosiiskyi slovnyk terminiv i poniat z heohrafii turyzmu i rekreatsiinoi heohrafii. – K.: RVTs «Kyivskyi universytet», 1997. – 300 s. 7. Yatsenko B.P., Liubitseva O.O., Beidyk O.O. Industriia natsionalnoho turyzmu: problemy formuvannia ta suchasnyi stan. // Ekonomichna ta sotsialna heohrafiia. – K.: Lybid, 1995. – Vyp. 46. – S.93–99.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, practical work, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
During the semester, after the completion of the relevant topics, thematic written control tests are conducted. For students who during the semester did not reach the minimum grade level (60% of the maximum possible number of points), a final semester test is conducted, the maximum grade for which cannot exceed 40% of the final grade (up to 40 points on a 100-point scale). The condition for receiving a positive grade is the achievement of at least 60% of the maximum possible number of points, while the assessment for learning outcomes cannot be less than 50% of the maximum level (at least 10, 15 and 5 points, respectively). Final evaluation in the form of an exam: the maximum number of points on the exam is 40, the minimum number added to the semester marks is 24 (60% of the maximum number of points assigned to the exam). Students who scored a total of less than 20 points are not allowed to take the exam. The recommended minimum for admission to the exam is 38 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Valentyn Ivanovych Stafiichuk
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet