Competences: - Know the importance of space and territory for a global understanding of tourism. - Know the main tourist flows on a global scale. - Know the tourist regions of the world and the diversity of tourist spaces - Know the new modalities of tourism. - Understand the consequences and impacts of tourism on the territory Skills: - Locate and manage geographic information as an instrument of tourism analysis. - Ability to interrelate geographic processes and tourism at different scales. - Ability to link the events and processes at different geographical scales. - Understanding spatial relationships Attitudes: - A globalizing attitude which allows to link events of various kinds, and to understand the multiple causes of social realities. - An honest attitude and scientific management that enables the interpretation and production of information accurately and objectively. - A participatory approach, which allows, through direct contact with the area to observe, recognize and interpret them directly in the events and processes. - A critical, committed and responsible, allowing awareness of the risks and consequences of certain actions on the territory, promoting social justice and practices or strategies for sustainable development.

K1: Understand the principles of tourism, its spatial, social, cultural, legal, political, labour and economic dimensions, as well as its dynamic and evolutionary nature and acquire a comprehensive vision of the tourism phenomenon. K2: Understand the relationship between economy and society in a world strongly conditioned by technological progress and climate change, with the aim of developing tourism activities that contribute to sustainability C2: Apply the understanding of the interrelationships between the physical environment and human societies to the management of the activities of organizations in the tourism sector, using geographical criteria to interpret spaces, landscapes and cartography. C7: To design and implement, in the professional field, tourism offers based on the enhancement of cultural and natural heritage, the promotion of sustainability and the critical consideration of cultural modalities and representations linked to tourism (scientific, literary, artistic, cinematographic, advertising, among others).

Basic training course which provides students with a summary overview of the key issues addressed by tourism geography. 1. Geography of Tourism and related sciences. Basic concepts in Tourism Geography. Study sources. 2. Historical evolution of tourism. 3. Tourism and climate. 4. Tourism outlets and flows worldwide 5. The tourist regions. 6. Tourism and transport. 7. Typology of tourism and new forms of tourism. 8. Tourism in Spain 9. Tourism and territory. 10. Tourism and cinema.

The formative activities of the course include: - Contact classes of theoretical and lecture (3 ECTS) - Attendance of practical classes (2 ECTS). - Creation of works (1 ECTS). The theoretical and practical contents as well as the methodologies for its teaching are easily adapted to online teaching. In this sense, the use of programs such as Black board Collaborate or similar is foreseen, which allow online written, oral and visual communication between the teacher and the students.