Natural Attractions in Tourism

3 ECTS (one week)

DURATION

 

COURSE FEE

600 EUR

Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, IBAN: HR1323600001101496052, SWIFT: ZABAHR2X, Reference number: 214, Purpose/Description of payment: SUMMER 2022, NAME & SURNAME 

MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

15

THE COURSE OBJECTIVE

The objective of the course is to adopt knowledge about natural resources as a basis for upgrading and designing an attractive and sustainable tourist destination. The course will offer an analysis of valuing natural tourist attractions as template for shaping attractive tourist destinations.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Natural resources
  • Recognition of natural tourist attractions
  • Template for valuing natural tourist attractions in tourism

 

PLANNED SCHEDULE

Day  Hours   Topic/Activities

Day 1

  4 hours

WELCOME

INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE (OBJECTIVES, METHODS, AND SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES)

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  • Basic concepts and concepts of sustainable development and natural resources.
  • Relationship and possibilities of valuing geospace with an understanding of natural and social processes in the sustainable development of tourism.

Day 2

  6 hours

INVENTORY OF GEOSPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  • Natural foundations of geospace with concrete examples and potential opportunities for evaluating natural resources / tourist attractions.

Day 3

6 hours

SPATIAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT - CASE STUDY (CABINET BASICS)

  • Spatial planning and its importance for maintaining balance in the interdependence of environmental and tourism (GIS analysis).
  • Ecological analysis of a case study of non/sustainable development of a tourist destination (examples of issuing environmental impacts, eg. carbon footprint, water footprint, assessment of spatial carrying capacity

Day 4

  12 hours

FIELD TRIP

- CASE STUDY - SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ISTRIA

  • Field application of basic knowledge about spatial planning, observation of natural tourist attractions in the interdependence of environmental and tourism.
  • Field analysis of the case study of sustainable development and resource possibilities of the tourist destination. Examples of tourist evaluation of protected areas and potentially attractive locations in the area of central and western Istria.

Day 5

 12 hours 

FIELD TRIP

- CASE STUDY - CENTRAL AND WESTERN ISTRIA

Field application of basic knowledge about spatial planning, observation of natural tourist attractions in the interdependence of environmental and tourism.

 

MANNER OF INSTRUCTION

  • Lectures in the classroom
  • Fieldwork

COURSE HOLDER

Hrvoje Grofelnik, Ph.D., University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija, Croatia

  

CONTACT

Hrvoje Grofelnik, Ph.D., Course holder, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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