Warsaw, Poland

Intercultural Communication in Tourism

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Intercultural Communication in Tourism at SGTiH

Field of studies: Tourism and Hospitality
Language: EnglishStudies in English
Kind of studies: full-time studies, part-time studies
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University website: vistulahospitality.edu.pl/en

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Communication
Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.
Intercultural Communication
Intercultural communication is a discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication. It is used to describe the wide range of communication processes and problems that naturally appear within an organization or social context made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Intercultural communication is sometimes used synonymously with cross-cultural communication. In this sense it seeks to understand how people from different countries and cultures act, communicate and perceive the world around them. Many people in intercultural business communication argue that culture determines how individuals encode messages, what medium they choose for transmitting them, and the way messages are interpreted.
Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".
Tourism
Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
Carl Honore in: The perfect time to slow down, The Guardian, 23 July 2008
Tourism
I've taught the better class of tourist both to see and not to see; to lift their eyes above and beyond the inessentials, and thrill to our western Nature in her majesty.
Jonathan Raban in: Rebecca Brown, Mary Jane Knecht Looking Together: Writers on Art, University of Washington Press, 30 April 2009, p. 16
Tourism
An important feature of Indian tourism industry is its contribution to national integration and preservation of natural as well as cultural environments and enrichment of the social and cultural lives of people. Over 382 million domestic tourists visiting different parts of the country every year return with a better understanding of the people living in different regions of the country. They have a better appreciation of the cultural diversity of India. It also encourages preservation of monuments and heritage properties and helps the survival of art forms, crafts and culture.
In: p. 81-82

Contact:

Stokłosy 3 street
02-787 Warsaw
Phone: (48 22) 45 72 300
Why should you study with us?

Do you want to find your future employment in the field of travel, adventure, recreation, business tourism or working in the tourist services industry?


At the Faculty of Tourism and Recreation you will gain knowledge of business organisation, marketing, law, human resources management and guiding; you will also gain the skills necessary to organise conferences or business trips. You will participate in training camps of qualified tourism. The university has its own tourist resort "Mazur" at "Święcajty" lake ".


You will be able to use the skills acquired during your studies, in practice, by participating in international conferences organised by the Scientific Association of Tourism.


As the specialist programmes at the Faculty of Tourism and Recreation have been developed in close cooperation with our business partners they are tailored to the needs of the market. Consequently, you will be able to take advantage of the diverse range of internships offered in the companies managed by the University's business partners.

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