Tourism development and policy
| Title | ΤΟΥΡΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ / Tourism development and policy |
| Code | Μ1 |
| Interdepartmental Programme | Tourism and Local Development |
| Collaborating Schools | Economics Agriculture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Styliani Kostopoulou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600017146 |
Programme of Study: Tourism and Local Development
Registered students: 27
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600268364
|
EPIChallenges
- Sustainable Transformation
Type Of Offer
- Disciplinary Course
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600268364
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning:
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. understand the basic concepts of tourism development
2. analyze the historical development of tourism, its forms and international dimension
3. understand the economic-social-environmental impacts of tourism.
4. understand the stages and patterns of tourism development, the modern tourism trends-challenges
5. be able to contribute to solving real tourism development problems
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. History of tourism
2. International Tourism
3. Evolution_Forms of tourism
4. Impacts of tourism_Economic-Social-Environmental
5. Stages-Patterns of tourism development
6. Modern tourism trends-challenges_Typologies of tourists
7. Needs_motivation consumer behavior
8. Tourism industry structure _Tourism supply / demand
9. Tourism development in Greece
Keywords
tourism, modes, impacts, patterns, tourist typologies, tourism development, Greece
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Interactive excersises
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 40 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | ✓ | |||
| Interactive Teaching in Information Center | 10 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 10 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 20 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students will be evaluated based on: Individual assignments: A. Study and analysis of articles - oral presentation. B. Written individual assignments – oral presentation, C. Final written composition assignment – case study (Project) – oral presentation, D. Participation in the course
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Βαρβαρέσος, Σ. (2013) Οικονομική του Τουρισμού. Εννοιολογικές, θεωρητικές και μεθοδολογικές προσεγγίσεις. Εκδόσεις Προπομπός
Κοκκώσης Χ., Τσάρτας Π. (2019). Βιώσιμη τουριστική ανάπτυξη και περιβάλλον. Εκδόσεις Κριτική.
Λαγός, Δ. (2018) Τουριστική οικονομική. Εκδόσεις Κριτική
Τσάρτας, Π. (2010). Ελληνική τουριστική ανάπτυξη, Χαρακτηριστικά, διερευνήσεις, προτάσεις. Εκδόσεις Κριτική
Τσάρτας, Π. - Λύτρας, Π. (2017) Τουρισμός, τουριστική ανάπτυξη. Συμβολές Ελλήνων επιστημόνων. Συλλογικό έργο. Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση
Last Update
29-07-2025
