Department of Tourism

Head: Professor Anzor Devadze

Department of Tourism is a major educational, academic and scientific structural unit consisting of the academic personnel and assisting staff from the tourism industry, as well as by the invited specialists. 

Educational Priorities:

Professional Educational Programs:

• Hotel proceedings - 10 months (IV level, 1 national exam)
• Hotel proceedings - 10 months (III stage of secondary education)
• Restaurant proceedings - 4 months (III stage of secondary education)

The educational program (Bachelor) - Tourism - 4 years.

The educational program (minor) - Tourism - 2 years.  

The educational program (Master) – Tourism Management - 2 years.

Research priorities:

• Forming of a Tourism Cluster and study of regional competitiveness;
• Advancement of effective measures for promotion Georgian tourism product in the international market;
• Development strategies and formation of ecological tourism;
• Determination of the travel company's competitiveness;
• Forming a mechanism for innovative development of tourism organizations;
• Forming an organizational and economic basis for the regional tourism development;
• Development of instrument for advancement integrated marketing communications to advance the tourism product; 
• Development of methodological background for formation and implementation of innovative tourism products; 
• Adoption of measures to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural tourism;
• Formation and implementation of wine tourism system development.

Publications:

1. Charles R. Goeldner, J. R. Brent Ritchie  Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies, 12th edition, 554 pages. Translated into Georgian, Batumi Shota Rustaveli Publishing, 2013.
2. Paata Chaganava. Tourism policy. Universal Publishing Tbilisi. 2012. -330 p.
3. Paata Chaganava. Risk management. Publishing, Universal Publishing, Tbilisi. 2013. -340 p.
4. International scientific conference, Tourism: Economics and Business 2010, June 5-6, Batumi-Trabzon (collection).
5. International scientific conference, Tourism: Economics and Business 2011, June 4-5, Batumi.
6. International scientific conference, Sustainable Tourism: Economics and Business 2012, June 2-3, Batumi (collection).
7. International academic conference, Innovation in Tourism: Economics and Business 2013, June 8-9, Batumi-Trabzon (collection).
8. International scientific conference, Tourism: Economics and Business 2014, July 5-6, Batumi-Khikhani Valley (collection). 
9. International scientific conference, Tourism: Economics and Business 2017, June 10-11, Batumi.

The academic staff of the Department is composed of 2 professors, 1 associate professor, 4 assistant professors and 1 assistant.  The task force consists of the adjunct professors, professional practitioners and international experts.