Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500894 Tourism | OT | 4 | 0 |
There are no prerequisites
The aim of this course is to offer a theoretical and a practical approach to the professional activity of a tourist guide. Focusing on the different parts of this activity, from de conception of the visit to the development of it.
Through the contents of this subject, their educational goals are:
Topic 1. The profile of the tourist guide, main figures and regulations
Topic 2. Agencies of interest associated with the world of tourist guide
Topic 3. Tourist services of tourist guide
Topic 4. Communication techniques applied to the service
Topic 5. Non-verbal communication
Topic 6. The preparation of guided tours
Topic 7. Programming the trip / tourist circuit. The optional tourist visits. Assessment of the tourist service
Topic 8. Technical documentation required on transportation, accommodation, restauration, among others
In this subject, theory and practice merge. In order for the classes to develop correctly, the student must actively participate. Therefore, even the most conceptual topics become personal individual experience, since the didactic methodologies used stimulate and invite the student to participate in the discovery of the contents of the subject and make it the protagonist of their own learning process .
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classroom | 18 | 0.72 | 2, 4, 5, 7 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Staging | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 7, 8 |
Workshop | 22 | 0.88 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study | 23 | 0.92 | 2, 5, 6 |
This subject will be assessed as follows:
To pass this course students have to take the exam, the workshops and the visit. It can not be approved only with the exam.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Walking Tour Exam | 50% | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 |
Workshop | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Writting Exam | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 4, 6 |
Abril Sellarés, M. (2015) Análisis de la mediación Humana en espacios museísticos: la figura del Guía Turístico en el contexto de la ciudad de Barcelona. Tesis doctoral. Barcelona. UB
Arranz, J.L. (2002) Manual del Guía. Barcelona. Laertes
Cabo Nadal, M. (2004) Asistencia y guía de grupos. Madrid: Paraninfo.
Cooper, C. (2016): Essentials of tourism. Editorial Pearson.
Fletcher, J. y Fyall, A. (2013): Tourism, principles and practice. Editorial Pearson.
Picazo, C. (2011) Asistencia y guía de grupos turísticos. Madrid: Síntesis.
There is not a specific software for this subject.