PUBLIC LAW FOR SUSTAINABLE CULTURAL TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
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For students attending the course, the students are evaluated by means of a group project work that the students have to present to the class at the end of the course and by means of a written exam.
For students not attending the course, the final exam is oral covering all topics included in the bibliographic references published on the e-learning platform.
The course on “Public Law for Sustainable Cultural Tourism“ is part of the “Sustainable Hospitality Management (SHM) Curriculum”, a curriculum aiming at preparing qualified experts in hospitality management involving both private and public operators engaged in the development of a tourist destination. The Curriculum provides students with the managerial tools required by companies operating in the hospitality industry, empowering them with advanced knowledge in: destination management and marketing, communication, economics and law, sustainability, project management.
Within the SHM Curriculum, the course on “Public Law for Sustainable Cultural Tourism” allows students to develop a clear picture of the legal aspects, competences and activities of the different public institutions in the tourism sector at international, supranational and national levels, taking into consideration also the regional and municipal legal systems. The study of the relationships between the various public and private subjects in the tourism sector allows to understand how to encourage collaboration policies and mitigate conflict situations. Understanding the roles that the various parties play in the design of the tourist offer allows to develop a collaborative approach in the field of integrated tourism offer. Moreover, the course is devoted to explore the human rights associated with tourism development and tourism businesses. Soft skills will also be boosted through the development of a project work on sustainable tourism developed in group, to be presented in class.
The course is articulated into three sections.
The first section is devoted to the concepts of sustainable cultural tourism and to reconstruct the evolution of tourism institutions and policies starting from the rules and programs of international and European law, and then moving on to the Italian constitutional system of advanced regionalism. Sources, skills and organizational profiles are intertwined and influenced in a system of continuous interdependencies, in which public and private subjects of the European and national systems operate, at the same time gradually strengthening the protection of the traveler / tourist. In this section also the role of private entities is considered (i.e. bank foundations, Third Sector associations and entities) for their important cooperation with public authorities in designing, planning, funding and managing projects of sustainable cultural tourism.
Main topics:
1. Introduction – What’is in a word: “sustainable cultural tourism”
2. Tourism and environment. Tourism and culture.
3. Building a more resilient, sustainable cultural tourism: the role of public institutions.
4. Tourism and cultural heritage governance in multilevel perspective (institutions, competences, sources of law, programs relevant for sustainable cultural tourism):
a) In the global context:
- The 2030 UN Agenda on Sustainable Development;
- The Italian Cooperation and the Sustainable Cultural Tourism as an opportunity for local development within the 2030 UN Agenda on Sustainable Development: analysis of cases.
b) in the Council of Europe: the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme (with analysis of cases).
c) in the EU legal order: competences, rules, programmes and funds on tourism and culture.
d) in the Italian constitutional. national, regional, local levels: competences in the tourism sector.
5. Sustainable cultural tourism in the Lombardy Region and in the area of Como/Varese.
6. The role of bank foundations for sustainable cultural tourism (the case of Cariplo Foundation).
7. Sustainable cultural tourism though the prysm of the principle of “horizontal subsidiarity”: the role of Third Sector Entities in tourism and culture sectors according to the Code on Third Sector.
The second section of the course is devoted to human rights issues associated with tourism development and tourism businesses (among them, data protection, human security and data retention, principle of equality and non discrimination, disabled people and accessible tourism, local communities rights). In this second part the Italian post Covid-19 scenario relevant for tourism will also be dealt, considering what the national Recovery Plan provides.
The third section of the course will be devoted to the development of a project work on sustainable tourism with group presentations in class.
The course is articulated into three sections.
The first section is devoted to the concepts of sustainable cultural tourism and to reconstruct the evolution of tourism institutions and policies starting from the rules and programs of international and European law, and then moving on to the Italian constitutional system of advanced regionalism. Sources, skills and organizational profiles are intertwined and influenced in a system of continuous interdependencies, in which public and private subjects of the European and national systems operate, at the same time gradually strengthening the protection of the traveler / tourist. In this section also the role of private entities is considered (i.e. bank foundations, Third Sector associations and entities) for their important cooperation with public authorities in designing, planning, funding and managing projects of sustainable cultural tourism.
Main topics:
1. Introduction – What’is in a word: “sustainable cultural tourism”
2. Tourism and environment. Tourism and culture.
3. Building a more resilient, sustainable cultural tourism: the role of public institutions.
4. Tourism and cultural heritage governance in multilevel perspective (institutions, competences, sources of law, programs relevant for sustainable cultural tourism):
a) In the global context:
- The 2030 UN Agenda on Sustainable Development;
- The Italian Cooperation and the Sustainable Cultural Tourism as an opportunity for local development within the 2030 UN Agenda on Sustainable Development: analysis of cases.
b) in the Council of Europe: the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme (with analysis of cases).
c) in the EU legal order: competences, rules, programmes and funds on tourism and culture.
d) in the Italian constitutional. national, regional, local levels: competences in the tourism sector.
5. Sustainable cultural tourism in the Lombardy Region and in the area of Como/Varese.
6. The role of bank foundations for sustainable cultural tourism (the case of Cariplo Foundation).
7. Sustainable cultural tourism though the prysm of the principle of “horizontal subsidiarity”: the role of Third Sector Entities in tourism and culture sectors according to the Code on Third Sector.
The second section of the course is devoted to human rights issues associated with tourism development and tourism businesses (among them, data protection, human security and data retention, principle of equality and non discrimination, disabled people and accessible tourism, local communities rights). In this second part the Italian post Covid-19 scenario relevant for tourism will also be dealt, considering what the national Recovery Plan provides.
The third section of the course will be devoted to the development of a project work on sustainable tourism with group presentations in class.
Lessons taught in English promote dialogue and debate with students.
Emphasis will be put on roundtables during the lesson and on the Q&A section at the end of each lecture, so to generate a collegial dialogue and debate.
Plus the course shall focus on the analysis of case studies.
A final section of the course is devoted to the development of a project work on sustainable tourism the students will develop organized in group and present in class.
As textbooks do not cover specifically the overall content of the course, the exam will take place on selected materials provided by the professor.
Office Hours: At the end of each lesson or by appointment to request by sending an email at the address giulia.tiberi@uninsubria.it