Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias Empresariais e Turismo

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Part I: Introduction Lesson 1: Methods and instruments of evaluation of economic activity	Economic activity and economic growth. Growth and Development. Social and Economic Indicators of the tourist activity impacts. Main statistical and bibliographic sources.
Lesson 2: Methods and instruments of regulation.	Externalities and market failures of tourism. Assessment. Direct and indirect inervention instruments.
Part II: World-wide Economy and Tourism Lesson 3: Developed countries.	Analysis of growth in the developed countries. Factors. The international tourism market.
Lesson 4: Developing countries.	Structural characteristics of developing countries . Strategies of economic growth. The role of tourism as an opportunity to generate economic and social growth.
Part III: Spanish Economy and tourism Lesson 5: The economic development in Spain.	Economic growth and evolution of the Spanish Economy. The tourism sector in the Spanish Economy. Inbound Tourism (FRONTUR), Outbound Tourism (FAMILITUR) and Tourism Spending (EGATUR)
Subject 6: The Public sector in Spain.	Structure and functions of the State in the economies. Evolution. The role of the Public sector in tourism development.