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DESTINATION MANAGEMENT

[Italiano] AF: 121245 AR: 63874
Official course title DESTINATION MANAGEMENT
Academic Year 2011/2012
Course code EM2036
University credits 6
Degree level Second Cycle Degree M.D.270
Educational sector code SECS-P/08
Semester/trimester 2° Periodo
Course year 2
Where VENEZIA

Professor

Degree Programmes and curricula

Contents

Educational Goals

The course aims to transfer knowledge and skills useful to understand the organization and competitiveness of tourism destinations, deepening strategic and governance issues.

Requirements

Suggested propaedeutics:
Tourism Marketing

Contents

Tourism evolution and the concept of destination
Varieties of contexts and destination configurations
Management and governance of destinations
The strategic dimension: individuals and collectives
Change management
Quality of tourism destinations
Cultural destination development

Recommended Reading List

Tamma M [2002]., “Destination management: gestire prodotti e sistemi locali di offerta”, in Franch M. (a cura di) Destination management. Gestire il turismo fra locale e globale, Giappichelli, (pp.11-38).
Grollo P.[2011] “Il governo delle destinazioni e i Sistemi Turistici Locali”, in Becheri E. e Maggiore G. (a cura di) XVII Rapporto sul Turismo Italiano, FrancoAngeli (pp. 405-425).
Tamma M. [2011], “Aspetti strategici del destination governance”, in Pechlaner H., Paniccia P., Valeri M., Raich F., (a cura di) Destination Governance. Teoria ed
esperienze, Giappichelli, Torino, (in press)
Caroli M. [2009], “Un modello per la valutazione della qualità di una destinazione turistica”, in Economia dei servizi, Anno IV, n. 1/2009. (pp. 29-45)
Dubini P, De Carlo, M.[2008] La valorizzazione delle destinazioni. Cultura e Turismo, Egea, cap. 1,2,3,4 (pp. 1-109)

Assessment

written

Teaching Methods

Conventional

Teaching Language

Italian

Other information

Students will be proposed group works during the lessons.
Students will undertake a written exam and, depending on the outcome, a possible oral exam.

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