AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Special and Alternative Forms of Tourism

Course Content

Introduction to special and alternative forms of tourism (EMT). Definitions and categories. Agritourism, nature tourism (mountaineering, climbing, mountain biking, paragliding, horseback riding, skiing), sports tourism in national parks and wetlands (triathlon, mountain marathon, swimming, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing), diving, civil, research, conference tourism. Visitor profiles, requirements, infrastructure and new occupations (green jobs) in mountainous and natural areas. Trends and developments in modern tourism and the characteristics of each specific form of tourism (definition, evolution, development factors, trends and prospects, SWOT analysis) and the relationship of EMT. with the other special forms of tourism. Selected examples of good practice Ε.Μ.Τ. at international, European and national level. Principles and rules for the development of special and alternative forms of tourism in accordance with the current institutional framework.

Learning Results

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
• has understood knowledge about the special and alternative forms of tourism, The types
and organization of these activities, their evolution and development according to the
current institutional framework.
• uses the methodologies and techniques used to find demand, develop and design specific
and alternative forms of tourism,
• collaborates with his / her fellow students to create and present a project-study
framework for the description and development of special and alternative forms of
tourism which, in the future in the course of his work as a Forester, will be part of a studyplan
for a wider study of regional - mountain development of an area or other relevant
study.

NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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