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Department of Geography, History and History of Art


MINISTRAL MASGRAU, Marta

Lecturer in Geography of Tourism
Member of the Organisational Networks, Innovation and Development of Tourism Strategies and Products (ONIT) Research Group
Research lines: Sustainability, responsible public-private management and tourism; University policies and training in tourism

Marta Ministral has been a Lecturer in Geography and the Management of Tourism Areas as part of the Tourism Degree course since 1991. She holds a Doctorate in Geography from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2000). Prior to this she completed postgraduate studies in Engineering and Environmental Management (COEC, 1990) and as a Hospitality Educator (American Hotel & Motel Association, 1995). She acts as a consultant to Local Councils and Country Councils in the improvement of the public-private management of tourism and the enhancement of territorial resources in the tourism offering. She also focuses on the international teaching of tourism and its responsible management in universities. She has spent periods in foreign universities and has worked for twelve months at Leeds Metropolitan University (UK, 2007), where she collaborated with the International Centre for Responsible Tourism.
Publications
  • Ministral, M. (2006). "Corresponsabilidad público-privada en la gestión territorial turística a Turismo y Territorio: conflictos, corresponsabilidad y estrategias de gestión". Málaga: Asociación Española de Expertos Científicos en Turismo, pp. 87-112
  • Ministral, M. (2003). "Evolution des politiques econòmiques et touristiques espagnoles et leur influence sur la formation touristique supérieure", Development of a tourist Industry in the 19th and 20th Centuries. International Perspectives. Neuchatel (Suïssa): Editions Alphil i Université de Sion, pp. 283-292
  • España, Y., and Ministral, M. (2002). "Gestión integral del turismo público-privada: la organización  de la Comisión Turística Comarcal de Baix Empordà",  VI Congreso AECIT. Nuevas tendencias de Ocio y Turismo: su especial problemática en destinos singulares. Jaén: Asociación Española de Expertos Científicos en Turismo, pp. 141-152
  • Ministral, M., and Vera, F. (2001). "Conclusiones del I Encuentro de profesores de geografía del turismo", Geografía 21. Madrid, Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, pp. 95-101
  • Ministral, M. (2000). "La formación turística en España: retos para el turismo en el siglo XXI", IV Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación y Extensión en Turismo: Educación y Formación de Recursos humanos en el Turismo. Posadas (Argentina): Universidad de Misiones, pp. 4-24
  • Crozet, C., and Ministral, M. (1995). "La experiencia de la EOT y sus centros adscritos", Estudios Turísticos, nº 128. Madrid: Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda, pp. 169-176
  • Calabuig, J., and Ministral, M. (1994). "Manual de geografía turística de España", Síntesis, nº 493. Madrid
  • Medir, R. M., and Ministral, M. (1989). Les comarques gironines, aproximació a l’estudi socioeconòmic. Girona: Diputació de Girona
Contact details
E-mail: marta.ministral@udg.edu
Office: Faculty of Turism
Tel: 972 41 97 16

Courses taught
Sustainable management of tourism (Master’s Degree in Tourism and Master’s Degree in Heritage)
Territorial and Tourism Resources
Tourism and the Environment