Course catalogue summer term

Course content: 
Course introduction 
1. Basic definitions of sport tourism. 
2. Historical development. 
3. Sports tourism as a part of system of tourism 
4. Classification of sports tourism 
5. Sports events as a part of system of tourism events 
6. Sport-oriented tourist. Selected segments of tourists and their relation to sport 
oriented tourism. 
7. The importance of sports tourism. 
8. The sports tourism demand. 
9. The sports tourism supply. 
10. The position of sports tourism in tourism in the world and Europe (selected activities and 
destinations). 
11. Specifics of sports management. 
12. Specifics of marketing in sport. 
13. Current issues of sports tourism. 

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510TAS2 Teritorial Aspects of Tourism Development – Mgr. Viktor Šafařík 
Course objective: 
The aim of the course is to present the basic geographical approaches, theories and research 
methods that are applicable in the field of tourism. The course deepens the geographical 
knowledge acquired during the bachelor's study and is focused on the impacts of tourism in 
localities, their broader socio-economic and cultural context and the link to regional 
development. The aim of the course is also to understand the concept of region and 
destination at different scale levels and to learn to apply geographical methods in the analysis 
of a particular area. 
Course content: 
1 Introduction: ethods, literature, final assesment conditions 
2 Theories of regional development I. 
3 Theories of regional development II 
4 Geography in tourism, localization factors, regionalization 
5 Tourism potential assesment, production and consumption 
6 The impact of tourism I 
7 The impact of tourism II 
8 The impact of tourism III 
9 The role of globalization in tourism 
10 Case studies 
11 Tourism and regional development 
12 Discussion, feedback, evaluation 

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