International tourism business and logistics

Course: Tourism

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
International tourism business and logistics
Code
ДВС.2.01.03
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PLO5. Ability to evaluate the tourist market situation, interpret the results research and predict development directions of the subject entrepreneurial activity in the field recreation and tourism PLO6. Ability to perform management of the enterprise of the industry tourism and recreation PLO13. Act in multicultural environment PLO18. Be responsible for development of professional knowledge and practitioners, evaluation of strategic team development, formation effective personnel policy PLO21. Have a professional terminology and the latest research methods for obtaining new knowledge in the field international tourism PLO22. It is reasoned to defend its position in the professional sphere activity PLO24. Understand the principles of sustainability development and be capable to organize a resort business on all levels of management, respectively these principles
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Before starting this course, students should know the basics of marketing, the basics of marketing in tourism, the economics of tourism, the functioning of tourist markets, and the classification of tourist resources. 2. To be able to collect and interpret information on business and logistical features of tourism and hospitality; apply the main terms, categories and classifications of business and logistics in relation to the functioning of tourism and hospitality; forecast prospects for the development of international tourist business and logistics in tourism and hospitality, taking into account the peculiarities of the development of the tourism industry in Ukraine in the context of globalization; 3. Possess elementary skills of scientific research and information management; critical attitude and forecasting regarding natural, political, economic events and phenomena and their impact on tourism in the world and in Ukraine
Course content
Academic discipline dedicated to the study of the peculiarities of the international tourist business and application of logistic approaches in tourism and hospitality. She illuminates issues of international tourist business as a phenomenon of the modern world, theories international tourism business, features of international tourism market as a service market, economic functions of international tourism business, component structure of international tourist business, regional structure of international tourist business, international tourism organizations, new forms of international tourist business in conditions globalization, the sustainable nature of tourism business as a paradigm of modernity - peculiarities of the tourism and hospitality industry in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world and in Ukraine; significance and features of logistics in tourism and hospitality, logistics model of sustainable tourism, logistics of the tourism resource base, logistics hospitality, incl. hotel and restaurant logistics, logistics destinations, including urban and rural tourism, logistics of overtourism.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Smyrnov I.G., Lubitseva O.O. (2020). Military tourism development in Ukraine: actual problems in modern conditions (on example of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Arpad Line and Molotov Line). Economic strategies of society development: Collective monograph/ Boston (USA): International Science group, Primeria eLaunch. P. 219-236. Smyrnov I.G., Tsuy D. (2020). Problems of military tourism development in Ukraine and Poland in border regions. Туризм у ХХІ ст.: виклики і реагування [Матеріали міжн.наук.-практ.конф.]. С.33-37.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral presentation, additions and participation in discussions at seminars: 15/20 points 2. Self-study (synopsis of texts): 5/10 points 3. Self-study (business research in tourism and hospitality): 10/15 points 4. Self-study (logistics research in tourism and hospitality): 10/15 points 5. Final test in writing – 20/40 points Final evaluation in the form of an exam: the final number of points for the discipline (maximum 100 points) is determined as the sum of points for systematic work during the semester (60 points) taking into account the evaluation for the written exam (40 points)
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Igor Georgiiovych Smyrnov
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet