Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt
International Tourism Management

 

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ITM Master 1. Sem.
International Tourism Master Forum

           

Mi 10.00-11.30 h S 17

2 SWS Course

Workload:

30 h classroom work / 150 h self-study

ECTS points: 6

Examination:
- Presentation (45 min. + 45 min. structured discussion (including an active part for participants: for instance every participant has to tell a structured experience related to the topic; prepared role play or prepared debate etc.)
- Synopsis paper as Handout (2-3 pages) handed out to participants one week before presentation (Presentation+Synopsis 30%)

Assignment Paper
(12-15 pages per person) to be handed in before Jan. 31, 2012 (70%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Tourism today

Global development of tourism
 pre-modern, modern, post-modern:
 Discovery - Acquisition - Invention

 

 

 

 

 

 

World touristiness map: World map color-coded by level of touristiness, based on analysis of photos on Panoramio. Yellow indicates high touristiness, red medium touristiness, and blue low touristiness. Areas having no Panoramio photos at all are grey. The analysis takes into account how many photos and by how many authors there are in a given area.

 

 

Fotos taken by tourists (red) and locals (blue) in Paris

 

 

Quantitative
UNWTO numbers international

 

 

 

            1995: 534 million arrivals     2010 (p.): 920 million arrivals

 

 

 

 

no numbers domestic

 

discussion economic importance vs. political unimportance

 

 

Qualitative main discourses

 

Subject of tourism studies:
- Criticism of tourism definition,
- difficulty tourism:leisure,
- tourism as part of mobility,
- gaze-performance turn

 

 

 

 

Non-western tourism and western point of view
climate change and tourism
long tail and tourism
commodification of everything including oneself
tourism and control
augmented reality

 

 

 

 

Thinking game: Beam me up scotty!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paper to be presented and discussed Group members
(*indicates Group speaker)
Wind turbines in tourism landscapes Katja Kowalak
  Doreen Kupke
  Kathrin Hartung
Gazing from home Mareike Perko
  Katja Pfau
  Andrea Israel
Tourism and Ageing Teresa Dieske
  Cliff Perl
  Svenja Martin
Post-Mao Gazes Anke Becker
  Maren Woldag
  Rahel Behre
Packing Katja Schröder
  Daniela Deutzer
  Kristin Rudolph
   
   

 
 
 

 

  Contact: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS
Bachelor and Master Program International Tourism Management
arlt@fh-westkueste.de, Office 2.018, Tel. 0481 8555-513
Consultation hours (during lecture period): Wed. 13.00-14.00 h
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