2024-2025 / GEOG2035-1

Tourism development Strategy

Duration

15h Th, 10h Pr, 2d FW

Number of credits

 Master in geography : general, teaching focus4 crédits 
 Master in geography, general, professional focus in urban and regional planning4 crédits 
 Master in urban planning and territorial development, professional focus in post-industrial and rurban territories4 crédits 

Lecturer

Serge Schmitz

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course prepares students for tourism-oriented territorial diagnosis and introduces strategies for a tourist destination. It develops the notions of marketing mix and questions sustainable tourism development. The course involves collective work on analysing a tourist destination, its spatial planning, and its marketing positioning.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Strategic use of the concept of "destination'

Assessing a tour or a destination

Cartographic analysis

Writing strategic recommendations

Use of the Bussiness Canevas Model

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Cartography

Statistic

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

After a theoretical introduction to circuits and destinations, the course analyses numerous international examples to develop a critical use of tourism development tools and strategies and presents the tools of the marketing mix.

Students will analyse a tourist destination from the perspective of its spatial planning and marketing positioning.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Lectures and case studies. Collaborative work.

Hybrid mode possible if the situation requires it

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Further information:

Oral exam (60%) and reports on case studies (40%)

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

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Contacts

Prof. Dr. Serge Schmitz 04/3665629 S.Schmitz@uliege.be

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