SOC 4010 - Geography of Travel and Tourism

(3) Credit Hours

This course explores the geography of travel and tourism largely from a topical approach, with the following topics to be covered: the geography of demand and supply for tourism; history of tourism; the tourist area life cycle theory; the geography of contemporary international tourism; the relationships between the physical, economic, environmental, social, and cultural dimensions and tourism; place promotion; geotourism; urban tourism; and heritage tourism. A portion of the course will also look at the place-specific tourism geography of selected regions. Prerequisites: Any 1000-level GEOG course or department head approval. May be registered as ANTH 4010 or GEOG 4010. Credit only allowed in one of the following: ANTH 4010, GEOG 4010 or SOC 4010.