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Lecturer(s)
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Klapka Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Erlebach Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The course will address the issue of overtourism, examining its manifestations and impacts on both the natural environment, particularly in protected and environmentally sensitive areas, and the urban environment. Alongside theoretical concepts based on environmental carrying capacity, basic options for mitigating the manifestations and impacts of overtourism in the context of sustainable tourism will be presented. Practical emphasis will be placed on methods of collecting and evaluating available quantitative tourism data, and on visualising and interpreting it. Course topics: 1. Sustainable tourism: definitions, concepts and principles 2. Types of sustainable tourism: green, alternative, soft, intelligent, ecotourism, etc. 3. The essence of the overtourism phenomenon in the context of sustainable tourism (theoretical framework). 4. Manifestations and impacts of overtourism in the natural environment (theoretical framework). 5. Manifestations and impacts of overtourism in the urban environment (theoretical framework). 6. Assessment and modelling of the environmental impacts of overtourism in the natural environment 7. Assessment and modelling of the socio-economic, demographic and cultural impacts of overtourism in urban environments 8. Management and mitigation of overtourism in the natural environment 9. Management and mitigation of overtourism in urban environments
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This course will equip students with an understanding of the principles of sustainable tourism development and overtourism in urban, natural, and protected destinations. The course will emphasise identifying the causes and impacts of excessive tourist numbers, how to measure them and assess them in space and time, and how to design appropriate management and mitigation tools using available data and GIS.
The student explains the fundamental principles of sustainable tourism and distinguishes its main forms and related concepts. The student characterises the nature of overtourism, its drivers and its spatial and temporal differentiation and interprets them using the concepts of tourism carrying capacity, the Tourism Area Life Cycle, Limits of Acceptable Change and residents' attitudes towards tourism. The student identifies and assesses the environmental, socio-economic, demographic and cultural impacts of tourism in natural, protected and urban destinations. The student selects appropriate indicators and data sources, processes and visualises basic visitor data and interprets their spatial and temporal patterns. Based on the results, the student proposes and justifies appropriate visitor-management and impact-mitigation measures.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge of the general physical and human geography disciplines covered in the Bachelor's degree in Geography. Basic knowledge of tourism, sustainable development, and working with geographic and statistical data is assumed.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance
The course credit is awarded on the basis of active participation in seminars and the completion of an individual or group project focused on a selected tourism destination. The project includes a description of the problem, the selection and processing of available data or indicators, visualisation and interpretation of the results, and the proposal of appropriate measures for managing visitor use or mitigating the negative impacts of tourism. The results are presented and discussed during the seminar. To pass the examination, students must demonstrate knowledge within the scope of lectures, seminars, distance-learning materials and assigned literature. They must be able to explain the fundamental concepts of sustainable tourism and overtourism, interpret the relationships between them, assess tourism impacts in different types of destinations and justify the selection of appropriate indicators and management measures. The examination consists of written and oral components.
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Recommended literature
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Dodds, R., & Butler, R. W. (Eds.). (2019). Overtourism: Issues, realities and solutions.
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Eagles P. F.J. et al. (2002). Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas. Guidelines for Planning and Management.. IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK., xv + 183 p.
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Gay, J.-C. (2024). Tourismophobia: : From "mass tourism" to "overtourism".
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Hall, L., Lew, A. A., eds. (1998). Sustainable Tourism: a geographical perspective. New York.
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Janík, T., Zýka, V. & Romportl, D. (eds.). (2023). Atlas změn krajiny ve velkoplošných zvláště chráněných územích 1950?2020. Průhonice.
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Koens, K., Postma, A., & Papp, B. Is overtourism overused? Understanding the impact of tourism in a city context. , 2018.
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Pechlaner, H., Innerhofer, E., & Erschbamer, G. (Eds.). (2020). Overtourism: Tourism management and solutions.
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Pechlaner, H., Innerhofer, E., & Philipp, J. (Eds.). (2024). From overtourism to sustainability governance: A new tourism era..
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Weber, F., Stettler, J., Crameri, U., & Eggli, F. (2020). Measuring overtourism: Indicators for overtourism ? Challenges and opportunities.
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WTO. (2004). Indicators of sustainable development for tourism destinations: A guidebook..
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