Special Types of International Tourism

Major: Tourism
Code of subject: 6.242.02.E.090
Credits: 4.00
Department: Tourism
Lecturer: Gaba M.I.
Semester: 5 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: knowledge of specialized types of international tourism, current trends in their development, regions of distribution in Ukraine and the world; to analyze the possibilities of development of tourist products of international tourism on the example of separate localities, regions of Ukraine and countries of the world; acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills on the peculiarities of the organization of special types of tourism with different ways of movement; develop specialized tours and routes: mountain hiking, cycling tours, speleological tours, business, wine tours and their implementation in tourist enterprises in the process of tourist services.
Required prior and related subjects: Geography of tourism and tourist local lore, Legal regulation of tourist activity, Organization of tourism (Fundamentals of tourism), Organization of tourism (Organization of tourist trips and excursion activity).
Summary of the subject: International tourism as an object of study. Regulatory regulation of international tourism. Special types of international tourism of natural and health nature. Educational and special business types of international tourism. Special types of pilgrimage and religious tourism. Special animated types of international tourism. Adventure and sports tourism as special types of international tourism. Special types of international cognitive tourism. Travel for the elderly as a special type of international tourism. Youth tourism - a special type of international tourism: the specifics of the organization and service. Hitchhiking is one of the special types of international tourism.
Assessment methods and criteria: Current control (40%) - practical classes, laboratory, oral examination. Final control (60%) - credit
Recommended books: 1. Бейдик О.О. Ресурси світового туризму: поняття, класифікація, картографування // Краєзнавство, географія, туризм. - 2008. - № 2 (545). 2. Блій Г. де, Муллер Пітер. Географія: світи, регіони, концепти / Пер. з англ. - К.: Либідь, 2004. - 740 с. 3. Кляп М.П., Шандор Ф.Ф. Сучасні різновиди туризму: навч. посібник / М.П. Кляп, Ф.Ф. Шандор. – К. :Знання, 2011 – 334 с. 4. Кузик С.П. Теоретичні проблеми туризму: суспільно-географічний підхід: монографія / С. Кузик. - Львів: Видавн. центр ЛНУ імені Івана Франка, 2010. - 254 с. 5. Мальська М.П., Антонюк Н.В., Ганич Н.М. Міжнародний туризм і сфера послуг. - К., 2008.