De elektronische studiegids voor het academiejaar 2026 - 2027 is onder voorbehoud.





Policy, Planning and Management of Tourism and Mobility (9726)

Coordinating lecturer:Prof. dr. Elke HERMANS 
Member of the teaching team:Prof. Veerle COPS 


Credits: 3,0
Study load hours: 81
Period: semester 1 (3sp)

Language of instruction: English

2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
Final grade2: Numerical
Tolerance3: See included in these programmes

Sequentiality
No sequentiality


Prerequisites

Students should dispose of basic tourism knowledge (see course 9711).



Content

In this course, students obtain insight into methods, techniques and approaches for formulating, planning and managing an inclusive tourism policy and a mobility vision for a tourist destination. Moreover, students critically reflect on the mobility information of a tourism destination and participate in a regional study visit to a destination recognized as a best-practice example in the sector.

Outline of the course:

  • Tourism policy framework
  • Land use in tourism
  • Mobility policy, planning and management
  • Mobility of the future
  • Inclusive tourism


Compulsory course material
 

Information (slides and documents) provided through Blackboard.



Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Excursion/Fieldwork  
Lecture  
Response lecture  


Evaluation

Semester 1 (3,00sp)

Evaluation method
Written evaluation during teaching period15 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic yearYes, with condition
Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic yearIf you passed
Report
Written exam85 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic yearYes, with condition
Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic yearIf you passed
Closed-book

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
Explanation (English)In re-sit, there is a written, closed book exam and a written
assignment. In re-sit, a student keeps the mark on the evaluation part
(exam or assignment) for which he/she passed in the first examination
period.


Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
  •  EC 
  • EC 01: The holder of the degree possesses advanced knowledge of the tourism phenomenon and a thorough understanding of tourism development processes.
  •  EC 
  • EC 03: The holder of the degree possesses comprehensive knowledge and sufficient insight into complex, multidisciplinary, and global tourism-related challenges.
  •  EC 
  • EC 04: The holder of the degree is able to comprehend, through specialised skills, the complexity of the multidimensional tourism sy stem involving destinations, businesses, consumers, governmental institutions, and local communities, and subsequently analyse, understand, and translate this complexity into policy.
  •  EC 
  • EC 05: The holder of the degree analyses, from societal, economic, managerial, geographical, and environmental perspectives, the impact of tourism across different spatial scales in both public and private contexts.
 

Included in these programmesTolerance3
Y



1   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2.
2   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
3   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2.