Cultural Tourism(Special Topic)

Release Date: 2017-09-21

Course Name	Cultural Tourism(Special Topic)					Course Code
Course Type	□Public Degree Courses□ Basic degree course □ Public Obligatory Courses□Professional Obligatory Courses ☑ Professional Elective Course □ Public Elective Course
Course Semester	2nd	Course Time		18			Credit	1
Institute	Tourism Management and Planning Academy	Applicable Major		Tourism Management
Assessment method	□Examination（Close book ） □Examination（Open-book ） ☑Test(Term Papers) □Test(reading report) □Test(Journals reviewed) □Others
Usual Performance accounting	40%		Final grade accounting		60%
Advanced courses	Research on Regional Tourism Development
Teachers	Liu Shahe
Teaching Objectives
On the basis of learning the course of tourism and leisure, aiming at understanding the phenomenons and problems in cultural tourism, this course, combining interpretation of some examples, systematically introduces basic knowledge and theories，cutting-edge issues and the research methods in cultural tourism from a single- to multidisciplinary and then cross-disciplinary perspective. This is helpful to improve professional quality and practical level of postgraduates majoring in tourism management by broadening their horizons and training their cognitive and innovative capacity. By learning this course, students are considered to: 1.Grasp the basic knowledge and theory of cultural tourism； 2.Understand the research methods and cutting-edge issues of cultural tourism； 3. Be familiar with the cultural tourism market demands (tourists), resources, environment, and industry, product planning and creative services (tourist destination).
Teaching Contents
This course includes the following topics: A. The understanding of leisure，tourism and culture； B The research of development background，conditions and dynamics of cultural tourism； C. Study in the development of cultural tourism resources and products D. Research of the cultural creative products and the industrial development.