{"id":4757,"date":"2026-05-03T14:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.uaic.ro\/?page_id=4757"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:59:29","slug":"tourism-cultural-heritage-storytelling-and-the-art-of-tour-guiding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/international.uaic.ro\/?page_id=4757&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Tourism, Cultural Heritage, Storytelling, and the Art of Tour Guiding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4757\" class=\"elementor elementor-4757\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ee0e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47ee0e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bbad8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bbad8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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hours:\u00a0<\/strong>65\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Assessment method(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Multiple choice test and oral presentation.<\/p><p><strong>Contact (module coordinator)<\/strong>: \u00a0Lecturer dr. Mihai Bulai (<a href=\"mailto:mihai.bulai@uaic.ro\">mihai.bulai@uaic.ro<\/a>)<\/p><p><strong>MODULE OUTLINE<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Lectures (L), workshops (W), and field activities (FA)<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Tourism-focused activities<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Tourism in EU peripheral and cross-border areas<\/li><li>Dracula tourism \u2013 policies and practices<\/li><li>Capitalization of the communist legacy<\/li><li>Stone identification. 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