Tourism Logistics

Major: Tourism
Code of subject: 7.242.02.O.001
Credits: 6.00
Department: Tourism
Lecturer: Candidate of Economic Sciences (PhD), Senior Lecturer Rymar Y.M.
Semester: 1 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills in optimizing tourism (human), material and information flows related to the provision of travel services. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the methodology of analyzing the logistic potential of recreational and tourist resources, material and technical base and incoming tourist flow in the region. Ability to use modern innovative technologies with a logistic approach to management of tourist resources and tourist flows.
Required prior and related subjects: Assessment of tourism resources. Analysis of the tourism market. Tourism Infrastructure. Tourism Marketing. Servicing.
Summary of the subject: The essence and etymology of the concept of logistics. Basic definitions and categories. Tourism logistics as a component of logistics services. Tourist traffic as the main object of the study of tourism logistics. Logistic potential of tourist traffic, resource, material and technical base of tourism. The wide logistics model and logistic audit of sustainable tourism development. Methodology for determining the logistic potential of recreational and tourist resources. The concept of logistics travel agencies. Logistic channels for promotion of tourist products. Generalized method of logistic development of the tour. Logistics of international tourism. Models of tourism business management abroad. Information logistics in tourism. Transport logistics in tourism. Integration into the European transport and logistics system as a strategic choice of Ukraine.
Assessment methods and criteria: The current control (40%) are laboratory works reports, oral interviews and test; - The final control (60%) is a semester exam.
Recommended books: 1. Балашова Р. I. Організація діяльності туристичного підприємства: навч. посіб. / Р. І. Балашова – К. : Центр учбової літератури, 2012. – 184 с. 2. Смирнов І. Г. Логістика туризму: Навчальний посібник – К. : Знання, 2009. – 444 с. 3. Кислий В. М., Біловодська О. А., Олефіренко О. М., Смоляник О. М. Логістика: Теорія та практика: Навч. посіб. – К. : Центр учбової літератури, 2010. – 360 с. 4. Чухрай Н. І. Логістичне обслуговування: Підручник. – Львів: Видавництво «Львівської політехніки», 2006. – 292 с.