Entrepreneurship in Alternative Tourism

Polyxeni Moira

Course Outline

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the concepts of special and alternative forms of tourism and their content.
• Recognize the differences between mass and alternative tourism.
• Identify the relationship between alternative forms of tourism and sustainable development.
• Recognize the role and contribution of national, regional and local bodies and organizations in the development of alternative forms of tourism.
• Familiarize with the tools for planning activities of alternative forms of tourism.
• Recognize business opportunities to develop alternative tourism activities as freelancers.
• Seek and recognize the financial framework for creating alternative tourism businesses.
• They evaluate the use of new information and communication technologies in the organization and operation of alternative tourism businesses.
• Apply the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the organization, operation and management of alternative tourism businesses and activities.

General Competencies

• Adapting to new situations
• Decision-making
• Working independently
• Team work
• Working in an international environment
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment
• Production of new research ideas
• Project planning and management
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism
• Respect for the natural environment
• Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
• Criticism and self-criticism
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

Syllabus

• Tourism and alternative tourism
• Special interest and alternative forms of tourism (Discriminations, motivations, needs, attitudes)
• Religious tourism, marine tourism, eco-tourism, agro-tourism, fishing tourism, cultural tourism, sports tourism, etc.
• Alternative forms of tourism and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations
• Planning of alternative tourism activities
• International, National, regional and local alternative tourism agencies
• Financing of alternative tourism activities
• Administration and management of alternative forms of tourism
• Advertising and promotion of alternative tourism