Course: Study Tours for Tourism

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Course title Study Tours for Tourism
Course code KMO/SCT
Organizational form of instruction Excursion + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Štumpf Petr, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Janeček Petr, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Excursion preparation - Selection of destination, tour planning, specific itinerary, and harmonogram of the tour; Recruitment of students on excursions - a compilation of excursion offer, promotion, and selection of students Excursion realization - services during the trip and services in the destination End of the excursion - evaluation of the excursion and billing, writing the final report from the trip

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • unspecified - 10 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 16 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 16 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To have knowledge on the level of subject geography of tourism.
To have a basic knowledge about the organization of group study tours.
Skills
To have skills on the level of subject geography of tourism.
To have basic skills in the organization of group study tours.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To have a knowledge about the visited region, tourism activities, and also tourism management system in the destination.
To know practical preparation of stay in the destination and particular services connected to the stay.
Skills
To be able to prepare for a journey and stay at the destination.
To be able to offer experience or animation services to participants of tours.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Field trip
Seminar
Internship
E-learning
Task-based study method
Skills
Field trip
Seminar
Cooperative instruction
Competences
Field trip
Seminar
E-learning
Cooperative instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Continuous assessment
Peer evaluation of students
Portfolio
Skills
Continuous assessment
Peer evaluation of students
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Peer evaluation of students
Recommended literature
  • Čechurová, M., Preis, J. Zahraniční geografická exkurze: příprava, realizace, význam. Praha, 2012.
  • Farková, Blanka; Kunešová, Eva. Technika zahraničních zájezdů. 1. vydání. 2014. ISBN 978-80-85970-83-8.
  • Schmenner, Roger W. Plant and service tours in operations management. New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989. ISBN 0-02-407384-9.
  • Sysel, Jiří. Cestovní kancelář, cestovní agentura a informační středisko v cestovním ruchu. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha : Vysoká škola hotelová, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87411-07-0.
  • Sysel, Jiří; Zurynek, Josef. Management cestovní kanceláře a cestovní agentury. Vyd. 1. Praha : Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86723-78-5.
  • Williams, Stephen. Tourism Geography: A New Synthesis. Oxon: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 978-0415394253.


Study plans that include the course
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