Máster Universitario en Economía del Turismo, del Transporte y del Medio Ambiente

Semester 1

Tourism analysis (6 ECTS)

Tourism system, data sources, data analysis, demand and supply, industrial structure, tourism agents, natural resources, geography.

Economics of the global environment (6 ECTS)

Sustainable development: principles of ecological economics and environmental economics, integrated planning and management of renewable
and non-renewable natural resources, indicators of multidimensional sustainability, integrated evaluation models and methods for the evaluation of
environmental goods and services, direct regulation and economic instruments of environmental policy and international environmental agreements,
innovation, eco-efficiency and environmental planning of the firm.

Transportation economics (6 ECTS)

Principles of transport economics, transportation supply and demand, transportation production and cost, externalities, transport policy: pricing and
infrastructure investment, transportation markets structure, economic regulation.

Cost-benefit analysis (6 ECTS)

Economic evaluation of social benefits, opportunity costs, market and shadow prices, economic evaluation of non-marketed goods, discounting and
decision criteria, uncertainty and risk analysis, applications to tourism, transport and the environment.

Service quality analysis (6 ECTS)

The EFQM Excellence Model: self-assessment and prioritization of improvement plants, customer satisfaction surveys: methods of measuring guest
satisfaction, behavioural intentions and loyalty, quality and environmental management systems: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Ecolabel, EMAS, quality
management tools and techniques: statistical process control, benchmarking, use of team in quality improvement.

Semester 2

Demand analysis and forecasting (6 ECTS)

I-Aggregate methods for demand analysis and forecasting
Demand forecasting using time series, demand forecasting using cross-sectional data, demand forecasting using panel data, applications.
II-Disaggregate methods for demand analysis and forecasting
Consumer behaviour and microeconomics of discrete choices, random utility theory and discrete choice models, aggregate forecasting using
disaggregate data, willingness to pay measures, market and experimental data. introduction discrete choice experiments, applications

Quantitative methods (6 ECTS)

Applied quantitative methods , data analysis (parametric and non-parametric tests), model building (simple and multiple regression, logistic and multilevel modelling), time-dependent phenomena and forecasting, classical and Bayesian estimation, case studies of applied mathematical programming
in tourism, location models for tourism and transport data.

Territorial planning for tourism and transportation (6 ECTS)

Classification of theories and models of tourist space, planning of tourist territory and transport, urban tourism. uses, morphology and functional indicators, application of geographic information systems for the analysis and design of tourist settlements.

Master Dissertation (12 ECTS)