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Program Overview

The program "TURISMO E TERRITORI DEL MADE IN ITALY" is offered by the University of Genoa. The program aims to provide students with theoretical and practical tools related to territory and landscape education, useful in the context of tourist valorization and formal and informal education processes.

Objectives and Contents

Educational Objectives

The program has the objective of providing students with theoretical and practical tools related to territory and landscape education, useful in the context of tourist valorization and formal and informal education processes.

Teaching Methods

The program includes frontal lessons with slide projections and documentaries, analysis and discussion of case studies, graphs, schemes, tables, and thematic maps. Teaching materials are available on AULAWEB.

Texts and Bibliography

For Attending Students

• Nicoletta Varani, Anna Siri "Turismo Enogastronomico, Overtourism e Sostenibilità" (2024)
• One or two in-depth articles from the list below

For Non-Attending Students

• Guido Amoretti, Nicoletta Varani "Psicologia e Geografia del turismo" (only Part II and Part III of the text)
• A critical written report on a text or alternatively on two in-depth articles from the list below

Texts

• Del B0 C.Etica del Turismo , Roma, Carocci (VII edizione aggiornata 2021)
• Zezza A.M., Overtourism. L'era del Viaggiatore Globale, YOUCANPRINT, 2024
• Grasso F. T urismo lento e comunità sostenibili. Strategie e nuove pratiche turistiche per la valorizzazione del territorio e delle comunità locali , edizioni Contanima, 2024
• Simone Bozzato (a cura di), Turismo, comunità, territori. Frontiere di sostenibilità, Mimesis, 2021.
• Marco D'Eramo, I l selfie del mondo. Indagine sull'età del turismo da Mark Twain al Covid-19. Nuova ediz. Feltrinelli, 2022.

Articles (choose two)

• AFFERNI R.;FERRARIO C.Turismo religioso e cibo: le produzioni monastiche quali esempi di cultural heritage ( Religious tourism and food: monastic productions as examples of cultural heritage) in ANNALI DI RICERCHE E STUDI DI GEOGRAFIA fasc 1-4, (2017) pp.63 -76.
• Alessio Claroni, Il turismo del vino quale turismo culturale ed esperienziale e strumento di promozione e valorizzazione territoriale , in RIVISTA ITALIANA DI DIRITTO DEL TURISMO, Fascicolo 2021/33, 2021, pp. 28-57
• Mariella PINNA,_ Le percezioni dei residenti in relazione allo sviluppo turistico rurale: un'analisi cluster_, in openstarts.units.it, pp.81-96.

Teachers and Commissions

• Nicoletta Varani
• Reception: From September 20, 2025, to the end of February 2026: Wednesday, 2:30-3:30 pm, 2nd floor, Studio docente, Corso A. Podestà 2, Genoa. From March 1, 2026, by appointment in person or video call.

Examination Commission

• Nicoletta Varani (President)
• Giacomo Zanolin (Deputy President)

Lessons

Start of Lessons

• Second semester: March 10, 2026

Lesson Schedule

• The schedule for this course can be found on the EasyAcademy portal.

Exams

Examination Methods

• Written exam at the end of the course only for students who have attended at least 70-75% of the lessons
• Oral exam

Exam Calendar

• Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes
  • 19/01/2026 | 14:30 | Genoa | Oral |
  • 26/01/2026 | 14:30 | Genoa | Oral |
  • 09/02/2026 | 14:30 | Genoa | Oral |
  • 20/05/2026 | 14:30 | Genoa | Oral |
  • 03/06/2026 | 14:30 | Genoa | Oral |
  • 14/07/2026 | 14:30 | Genoa | Oral |
  • 11/09/2026 | 14:30 | Genoa | Oral |

Agenda 2030

• Quality Education
• Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Reduced Inequalities
• Sustainable Cities and Communities
• Responsible Consumption and Production
• Climate Action
• Life on Land