Department of Tourism

Department Head: Professor Anzor Devadze

The Tourism Department is the main educational-academic and scientific structural unit of the faculty, whose activities are carried out by academic and support staff of the tourism field, invited specialists.

Educational Priorities:

Professional Educational Program:

• "Hotel Management" - 10 months (Level IV, national examination)
• "Hotel Management" - 10 months (Level III, complete general education)
• "Restaurant Management" - 4 months (Level III, complete general education)

Bachelor's Educational Program - "Tourism" - 4 years Additional Bachelor's Educational Program - "Tourism" - 2 years Master's Educational Program - "Tourism Management" - 2 years

Research Priorities:

• Formation of tourism clusters and study of regional competitiveness;
• Measures for effective promotion of Georgian tourist products in the international market;
• Development and formation of ecological tourism development strategies;
• Determining the competitiveness of tourist companies;
• Formation of innovative development mechanisms for tourist organizations;
• Formation of organizational-economic foundations for regional tourism development;
• Development of integrated marketing communications as a tool for tourist product promotion;
• Development of methodological foundations for formation and realization of innovative tourist products;
• Formation of measures to enhance the competitiveness of agricultural tourism;
• Formation and realization of wine tourism development systems;

Publications:

1. Charles R. Goeldner, J. R. Brent Ritchie. Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies. 12th edition: Trans. from Eng. - Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Publishing House, 2013. - 554 pp.
2. Paata Chaganava. Tourism Policy. "Universali" Publishing House, Tbilisi. 2012. -330 pp.
3. Paata Chaganava. Risk Management. "Universali" Publishing House, Tbilisi. 2013. -340 pp.
4. International Scientific-Practical Conference "Tourism: Economics and Business" 2010, June 5-6, Batumi-Trabzon (collection).
5. International Scientific-Practical Conference "Tourism: Economics and Business" 2011, June 4-5, Batumi.
6. International Scientific-Practical Conference "Sustainable Tourism: Economics and Business" 2012, June 2-3, Batumi (collection).
7. International Scientific-Practical Conference "Innovations in Tourism: Economics and Business" 2013, June 8-9, Batumi-Trabzon (collection).
8. International Scientific-Practical Conference "Tourism: Economics and Business" 2014, July 5-6, Batumi-Khikhani Valley (collection).
9. International Scientific-Practical Conference "Tourism: Economics and Business" 2017, June 10-11, Batumi

The department's academic staff consists of 2 professors elected through competition, 1 associate professor, 4 assistant professors, and 1 assistant. Leading professors, professional practitioners, and foreign specialists are invited.