After successful completion of the course, students are able to develop research projects on topics related to tourism and to work on them independently. In particular, students acquire a comprehensive knowledge of relevant research sources.
Furthermore, students are able to critically analyse the spatial relevance of tourism phenomena and learn about the possibilities and instruments of planning intervention.
Kick-Off (07.10.2024): Enrollment clearance + flashlight
Plenum Svanda 1 (07.10.2024): Input lecture on the effects of tourism for planning; selection of topic clusters by each team.
Plenum Meyer-Cech 1 (15.10.2024): The system of tourism, tourism and spatial planning, trends, tourism quality, the touristic product, tourism and agriculture, Alpine spatial planning.
Plenum Svanda 2 (22.10.2024): Presentation of the research design
Plenum Meyer-Cech 2 (05.11.2024): Management tools in tourism, tourism and natural hazards, secondary homes.
SUPERVISION APPOINTMENTS Svanda: 19.11./25.11.2024
Plenum Svanda 3 (17.12.2024): Presentation of the preliminary results
SUBMISSION of the article/essay via TUWEL by mid-January 2024
Basic knowledge is taught in frontal lectures, which are broken up by discussions and work tasks in plenary sessions or small groups as well as short video sequences.
Creation of a research plan and independent realisation, writing of an exposé
Attendance is compulsory!
The course is part of the elective module 6: Tourism Development (Bachelor's program Spatial Planning and Spatial Development). The module consists of the following courses:
The achievement is evaluated by the following criteria:
The registration will be activated individually for all courses of the module on 05.09.2025 12:00!
In order to ensure a practical seminar and exercise, a maximum of 30 students of the bachelor programme "Spatial Planning and Spatial Development" will be admitted. The "first come, first served" principle applies and there will be no ranking by the lecturers!
For all students registered in TISS, the kick-off date is mandatory to confirm the registration for the LVAs of the module. If this event is missed, other students will move up from the waiting list.
The student has to be enrolled for at least one of the studies listed below
no specific previous knowledge required