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Heritage and culture are important concepts to understand the tourism phenomenon
Heritage and culture are important concepts to understand the tourism phenomenon. This course draws on a range of academic disciplines to critically analyse practices in heritage and cultural tourism introducing to individuals to both historical and contemporary debates about culture, power relationships, and social changes and how they underpin the development of tourism products. It aims to discuss the conflicts and tensions between the concepts of heritage, culture and tourism. Using international case studies participants will be able to develop a critical approach to the niche of heritage and cultural tourism as well as enhance the awareness regarding the importance of these concepts to the development of the tourism industry.
In this course, participants will explore:
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Target audience
This course is well suited to anyone working in cultural heritage and tourism sector. There are no formal pre-requisites for this course but it is recommended that individuals demonstrate an interest in tourism, heritage and society.
This is an SCQF Level 9 course and upon successful completion of the course and assessments, individuals will be awarded 20 credits.
Participants who do not wish to take assessments can exit with a certificate of completion.
Delivery
This course will be delivered online comprising access to our Virtual Learning Environment and face-to-face sessions. Face-to-face sessions will be held every Wednesday and Saturday on our Dumfries Campus on the following dates:
The face-to-face sessions will take place at 12-4pm on the above dates.
Course assessment
Participants wishing to obtain academic credit can choose to do undertake the required assessments. Those choosing to do so will have the opportunity to engage with additional assessment support sessions via Microsoft Teams and an extra face-to-face session on Saturday 3rd June 2023.
The assessments comprise of online class tests and an academic essay.
Further information will be made available when the course begins.
Course facilitators
This course will be delivered by Dr Kalyan Bhandari and Professor Sandro Carnicelli.
Dr Bhandari is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Events and Tourism in the School of Business and Creative Industries at University of the West of Scotland. His research interests are on tourism at heritage sites, governments and tourism public policies, national identity and nationalism, and environment and regional development. He completed his PhD on Scottish tourism from the University of Glasgow and maintains equal research interest on Scottish tourism and on society and culture of his native Nepal. He has published nearly 20 papers in leading journals like, Annals of Tourism Research, Environment and Planning C and Current Issues in Tourism. He is the author of the book Tourism and National Identity: Heritage and Identity in Scotland (Channel View Publications).
Professor Carnicelli is a Professor in Tourism and Leisure Studies at University of the West of Scotland. He is the deputy Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport, and Events. He has published articles in international journals, including Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Annals of Leisure Research, Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, and World Leisure Journal. He is a member of the ABRATUR (International Academy for the Development of Tourism Research in Brazil), and he is the co-chair of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.
Funding
This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some delegates through the Upskilling Fund. Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support.
If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk.
Contact us
Any questions relating to course content should be directed to kalyan.bhandari@uws.ac.uk. All general inquiries should be directed to cpd@uws.ac.uk.