ECONOMY OF TOURISM
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher:
MARCO PLATANIA
Expected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: knowledge and understanding of how the tourism industry works and the main market trends
Applying knowledge and understanding: knowledge will be applied to the analysis of specific cases
Making judgements: the student must be able to understand the tourism market, its ability to adapt together with the assessment of the sustainability of the industry in the area
Communication skills: the student must be able to demonstrate the conclusions reached with language properties and argumentative skills
Learning skills: the student will have to demonstrate that she/he has understood the methods of analysis of the tourism industry and the various economic operators that make it up
Course Structure
Frontal lessons and cases studies
Required Prerequisites
No prerequisites required
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory
Detailed Course Content
Tourism development in Italy
Tourism macroeconomic system
Tourism policies
Models of destination development
The firms of the tourism sector
Sustainability
Climate change and tourism
Textbook Information
Foreign students could choose between english or italian language program.
English language program:
1. Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., & Dwyer, W. (2010). Tourism economics and policy. Channel View Publications (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21)
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
VERSIONE IN ITALIANO