Tourism Economy

Base Knowledge

N/A

Teaching Methodologies

The methodology will be lecturing / practice, with recourse to existing materials (table, overhead projector, etc..,), Supported with theoretical texts and case studies to solve the aulas.Os students must choose one of the following types of assessment:
A) – Periodic evaluation, with two frequencies, with a weight of 50% each
B) – Final Exam 100%

Learning Results

The aim of the course Economics of Tourism students to develop an overview of the economic reality while engaging context of organizations, namely, the main problems of economic organization and how they affect the daily lives of tourist companies, as well as the ability to interpret the main forces that govern the functioning of markets and their implications for the behavior of organizations and the resolution of those problems level.

Program

Introduction
The scope of the Tourism Economy
Tourism as an economic and social phenomenon
Conceptual issues
The economic history of tourism
As tourism: problems, methodologies and indicators
The microeconomic analysis of Tourism
The economics of tourism demand
The elasticity of tourism demand
The tourist offer: concept, characteristics and classification
The tourism product
A macroeconomic analysis of tourism
The economic effect of tourism
The identification of tourism activities
The framework of tourism in economic activity
The integration of tourism in global economic policy
The economic classification of tourism
The effects on development strategy
The effects on employment
The effects on the balance of payments
The tourism satellite account

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Exam
  • - Exam - 100.0%
Periodical evaluation
  • - Frequency - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

Barbot, Cristina e outros – Microeconomia – Mcgraw-Hill;
Brealey, Richard A. e outro – Princípios de Finanças Empresariais – Mcgraw-Hill;
Cunha, Licínio – Economia Política do Turismo (3.ª edição) – Lidel;
Dunnett, Andrew – Para compreender a Economia – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian;
Frank, Robert H. – Microeconomia e Comportamento – Mcgraw-Hill;
Lisboa, João e outros – Introdução à Gestão de Organizações – Vida Económica;
Matias, Álvaro Matias – Economia do Turismo, Teoria e Prática – Instituto Piaget;
Neves, João César das Neves – Dois Milhões de Anos de Economia – Universidade Católica Editora;
Neves, João César das Neves – Princípios de Economia Política – Editorial Verbo;
Neves, João César das Neves – O que é a Economia? – Principia, Publicações Universitárias e Científicas;
Pele, Martin – Como se fixam os preços na empresa – Editora Rés