International study at the University of Brighton

Travel and Tourism Geography

Level: 4
Credit rating: 20
Semester offered: 1
Pre-requisites: None
Aims:

To enable students to:

  • Develop a factual & conceptual knowledge of geography of tourism in a world context
  • Identify, in geographical terms, key world tourist destination and transport hubs
Learning outcomes:

By the end of the module students will be able to:

  1. Understand and compare geographical transport patterns and flows
  2. Acquire & apply geographical concepts and apply them to tourist destinations and flows
  3. Understand, in geographical terms, the nature and development of tourism, with special reference to the EU and International destinations
Content:
  • Tourist destinations in geographical terms
  • Climate and weather
  • Time and its effect on transport and the tourist
  • Natural and Cultural tourist destination
  • Resort development
  • Geography of the EU and International destinations
  • Understand the geographical transport patterns and tourist flows of the world with emphasis on world transport networks and hubs
Learning and teaching strategies:

Total Learner Hours: 200

Contact Hours: 48 consisting of lectures, presentations, group discussions, exercise.

Private and Directed study 152 hours
Learning support:

Burton, R. (2004) Travel Geography. London: Longman

Taylor, M. (2004) World Travel Atlas (10th ed.) London: Highbury Columbus Press

Boniface, B. & Cooper, C. (2001) World Tourism Destinations. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann

Hall C. M. (2002) The Geography of Tourism & Recreation. London: Routledge

Hudman, L.E. & Jackson, R. H. (2003) Geography of Travel & Tourism. (4th ed.) London: Albany

Williams, S. (1998) Tourism Geography. London: Routledge