General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title Heritage of Poland as a Tourist Attraction
Language english
Module lecturer dr Krzysztof Piotrowski
Lecturer's email kp@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position assistant professor
Faculty Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences
Semester 2024/2025 (winter)
Duration 45
ECTS 6
USOS code 07-HPL-AMU-PIE

Timetable

Tuesday 8.30 - 13.00. First meeting October 8th. Room 22 (coll. Geographicum, part of building with a cupola, 3rd floor). Exam December 10th.

Module aim (aims)

The aim of the course is to provide students with the tourist attractiveness of natural and culture heritage of Poland. Students conduct a survey to check what is interesting for foreigners in Poland. Based on results students prepare programs of trip to Poland for groups of various interests and nationalities.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Basic knowledge about Poland.

Syllabus

Week 1 (3 h)*:
basic tourism terminology, especially classification of tourist attractions. Tourist regionalization of Poland.

Week 2 (6 h):
natural heritage of Poland
preparation the survey of tourist attractiveness perception of Poland by foreigners
natural heritage of Poland (by physical regions)

Week 3 (6 h):
protected areas of nature as a tourist attractionspractical classes
providing tourists into the protected areas of naturepractical classes
preparation and conducting the survey

Week 4 (6 h):
culture heritage of Poland

Week 5 (6 h):
culture heritage of Poland
analysing survey resutls

Week 6 (6 h):
culture heritage of Poland
presentation results of the survey - evaluation of polish heritage as a tourist attraction

Week 7 (6 h):
basic of tours programming
preparing programs of trip to Poland 

Week 8 (6 h):
presentation and evaluation of the programs

 

*1 h = 45 minutes 

Reading list