Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2024-25

The course Market Structure aims to deepen the study of the conceptual elements and tools of economic analysis necessary to approach the study of tourism as an economic activity; also stressing the importance of the application of economic concepts to the particularities of the tourism sector. The aim is to bring the student closer to the knowledge of the economic reality of the tourism sector, through the application of economic analysis techniques applied to the study of the structure of the tourism market, its evolution, the variables that determine it and the economic processes that operate in it, from institutional and business aspects to the interrelation between tourism with the rest of the economic sectors or with the physical environment in which it operates, so that the future professional is able to interpret the economic events of their environment and make reasoned and well-founded decisions.

 

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2024-25

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA2 : Ser capaç d'utilitzar com a usuari eines bàsiques en TIC.
  • CGUA3 : Competències en comunicació oral i escrita: ser capaç d'expressar-se correctament en una de les dues llengües oficials de la Comunitat Valenciana en l'àmbit de la seua disciplina.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Comprendre els principis del turisme, la seua dimensió espacial, social, cultural, jurídica, política, laboral i econòmica.
  • CE2 : Analitzar la dimensió econòmica del turisme.
  • CE23 : Analitzar els impactes generats pel turisme.
  • CE24 : Analitzar i utilitzar les tecnologies de la informació i les comunicacions (TIC) en els diferents àmbits del sector turístic.
  • CE3 : Comprendre el caràcter dinàmic i evolutiu del turisme i de la nova societat de l'oci.
  • CE4 : Conèixer les principals estructures politicoadministratives turístiques.
  • CE5 : Convertir un problema empíric en un objecte d'investigació i elaborar conclusions.
  • CE7 : Reconèixer els principals agents turístics.
  • CE8 : Avaluar els potencials turístics i l'anàlisi prospectiva de la seua explotació.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2024-25

a) Search, collect, handle and draw conclusions from economic information for the analysis of the sector (SC5).
b) Assess the economic dimension of tourism at different scales and analyse the interrelation between them (SC2 and SC3).
c) Manage the variables that determine the supply of tourist services and the organisation of tourist markets (SC2).
d) Identify the demand of the tourist markets, its evolution and main economic characteristics (SC2)
e) Analyse tourism markets and the changes produced by variations in the variables that affect their demand and/or supply. (CE2 and CE3)
f) Analyse the main variables that affect the competitiveness of tourist destinations and the role played by the public sector and investments in tourism (SC2 and SC8).
g) Value the economic development potential of tourism growth and be able to relate economic development and sustainability (SC2, SC8)
h) Identify the structure of the Spanish tourism market, its challenges, challenges and opportunities and the role it plays in the national economic structure (SC23).
i) Skilfully use ICT to find information about the tourism sector (CE24 and CGUA2)
j) Express reasoned opinions, present ideas, reach consensus and debate. (CGUA3)

 

 

General

Code: 23522
Lecturer responsible:
LILLO BAÑULS, ADELAIDA
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,60
Practical credits: 0,80
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: APPLIED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Area: APPLIED ECONOMICS
    Theoretical credits: 1,6
    Practical credits: 0,8
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught