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Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development (B-KUL-G0V81C)

3 ECTSEnglish24 Second termCannot be taken as part of an examination contract
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POC Toerisme

Aims

Students are able to construct a SWOT for any heritage site as an underpinning framework for heritage tourism development or a heritage tourism management plan or a visitors management plan or a heritage conservation plan taking into account dimensions such as identity and interpretation, cultural economy, spatial ecology of the heritage tourism landscape.

The course is integrated in the University Twinning and Networking programme (UNITWIN in short) of UNESCO and follows the aims of “Tourism, culture, development” Network of UNESCO. This network, alike the other networks, is aimed at being a pole of excellence and innovation in its particular field and is expected to contribute to the field of culture, heritage and tourism, their mutual relationships and links and their contribution to development.

The course has the following aims:

•           Students understand the importance as well as vulnerability of heritage for the identity of places and communities and, among others, as a basis for tourism development

•           Students can identify the impact of different tourism development models on heritage resources (incl. opportunities and threats, carrying capacity and sustainability)

•           Students acquire a notion on the economic and organizational key issues in the development of heritage tourism.

•           Students are aware of the power of international organizations (such as Unesco) and the forces  of globalization in the market of cultural and heritage tourism.

Previous knowledge

None

Order of Enrolment


This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
G0K30A : Masterproef
G0V85A : Valorisation of Cultural Heritage for Tourism: Seminar

Is included in these courses of study

Activities

3 ects. Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development: Lectures (B-KUL-G0V82a)

3 ECTSEnglishFormat: Lecture24 Second term
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POC Toerisme

Content

Deel 1

‘Heritagization’: an ongoing process

Heritage and Identity

Deel 2

Introduction into heritage and tourism

UNESCO and World Heritage sites

Deel 3

Commodification of heritage for tourism; incentives for cultural economy

Interpreting heritage

Deel 4

Tourismscapes & Spatial tourism development models

Deel 5

Guest lectures by foreign experts and/or COIL

Course material

Manuel, articles and chapters from books on Toledo;  slides on Toledo. 

 

Language of instruction: more information

This course is part of the Master in Conservation of Monuments and sites. This is an English taught master programme.  As a consequence, this course is also open for exchange students and for students that take part in the UNITWIN network.

 

Format: more information

Students have lectures by a multidisciplinary team (History, monument care, anthropology, geography).  All the lecturers are specialised in tourism.  Part of the course is part of COIL (collective online international learning). 

 

Evaluation

Evaluation: Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development (B-KUL-G2V81c)

Type : Partial or continuous assessment with (final) exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Oral, Written, Report
Type of questions : Open questions
Learning material : Reference work

Explanation


The students have to answer one question for each part (see content).  For part 4 the students will receive the question beforehand, more specifically application on the components of a model on heritage of their choice.  No paper or assignment is requested for this, just the preparation of the question.  For the COIL assignment the students hand in the slides of the group presentation and a 1 page reflection paper.  The COIL assignment is counted as 1 exam question.

 

Each question is assessed by the lecturer who has given the corresponding lecture; each question contributes 1/5 to the total mark.