The department of tourism was established at the Faculty of Geography of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv under the Decree of the Scientific Council of the University. Since its foundation, it has been headed by Professor, Doctor of Economic Sciences M. P. Malska, who is an author or co-author of 367 scientific works, including 17 monographs, 47 textbooks, glossaries, and manuals. She has the awards ‘For Scientific Achievements’ by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2009), “Honoured Tourism Worker of Ukraine” by State Tourism Administration of Ukraine (2004), “Medal Wincentego Pola, and “Merited Education Worker of Ukraine” (2018).
The department’s main objectives are adhering to high standards of quality, ethics and traditions of teaching techniques, preserving leadership positions on the regional educational market, bringing up new generation of nationally conscious Ukrainian elite, developing up-to-date educational field of knowledge “Services” with specialization “Tourism” (Bachelor’s and Master’s degree) and “Hotel and Restaurant Services” (Bachelor’s degree), as well as educating for Bachelor’s degree with specialization “Tourism” at the Institute of Postgraduate Education and Pre-University Training of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
In 1997, for the first time educational specialization “Management of the Tourism Industry” was launched at the Faculty of Geography. IhorKostenko, the Hero of the Heavenly Hundred and the Hero of Ukraine, was one of management students. In 2005, the Department of Tourism received the License of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine on educating students in specialization “Tourism”, and in 2017 – the License on educating professionals in specialization “Hotel and Restaurant Business”.The Department provides teaching of a number of disciplines in professional training and specialized courses for experts in the field of tourism studies and hotel and restaurant business. During its existence, the personnel of the Department have published more than 80 textbooks, manuals and courses of lectures on the problems of tourism and hotel and restaurant business theory and practice.Students’ trainings and practicum take place in tourism companies, hotel complexes in Ukraine and abroad (Poland, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria). Research and production laboratories, such as Educational Tourism Agency and Hotel and Restaurant Business, as well as tourism and excursions and active tourism students study groups function at the Department.
STUDENT’S PRACTICAL TRAINING AND INTERNSHIP
- Carpathian region
- Prydnisteria
- South of Ukraine
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND PRACTICAL TRAINING
- Poland
- Greece
- Bulgaria
- Turkey