Special Issues: Yellow Tourism, Corruption and Organized Economic Crime

After the completion of the Course, students will be able to:
CO1. Independently research the legal texts regulating tourism, environment, and cultural heritage.
CO2. Evaluate the states’ policies and measures in dealing with the adverse impact of corruption, economic crime and transnational crime on the above sectors.
CO3. Understand the dynamics across geographical regions.
CO4. Analyze and question the effectiveness of the international organisations’ policies and strategies in bringing forward the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Regulatory framework on tourism and the various stakeholders.
Regulatory framework on Economic crime and transnational crime.
International Organisations, including the EU and the Council of Europe.
Regulatory framework on Cultural Heritage
Regulatory framework on Environment
Regional synergies and responses to various threats on tourism and cultural and natural heritage
Human rights

Required reading:

Alexis Papathanassis, Stavros Katsios, Nicoleta Ramona Dinu, Yellow Tourism: Crime and Corruption in the Holiday Sector, 2018, Springer: Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94664-1

Additional Reading:

See materials per week.

Digital Sources:

UN World Tourism Organisations, https://www.unwto.org
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime, https://www.unodc.org
UNESCO, https://www.unesco.org/en
EU, https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/tourism_en

Journals:

The UNWTO World Tourism Barometer
Cogent Arts & Humanities
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change
Journal of Heritage Tourism
Santander Art and Law Review
International Journal of Cultural Heritage
International Journal of Heritage Studies
International Journal of Cultural Property

Notes and slides in electronic form via the electronic platform
Discussions via an online platform
Weblinks

The overall academic performance of students is based on the assessment of a written assignment, on a formative assessment and their performance in the final examsA passing mark in the mid-term assignment is not a prerequisite for his/her participation in the final exams. The final grade awarded to each student is the sum of the grades awarded for the assignment and the final exams. Both the assignments and the final exams are marked in the scale 0 (complete failure) to 100 (absolute success). In order to get a passing mark in the Course, a student must receive a passing mark in the final exams. In a nutshell:

• The grade awarded for the assignment represents the 20% of the Course’s final grade.
• The grade awarded for the formative assessment activities represents the 20% of the Course’s final grade
• The grade awarded for the final exams represents the 60% of the Course’s final grade.
• In order to get an overall passing mark, a student must be graded with at least 50/100 in the final exams.