COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM AND RECREATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TMT 3022 CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM AND RECREATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜR DEVRIM YILMAZ

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course aims to help students analyse current trends and developments of the tourism and recreation sectors, and embraces various subjects investigating the recent issues and factors affecting the concerned sectors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examine the current trends and developments shaping the tourism sector world-wide in order to predict their impacts on local and national scales.
2   Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary management techniques used by tourism and recreation establishments to practice their use in real-life/scenario-based case studies from the concerned sectors.
3   Discuss the factors influencing the current visitor markets to predict solutions for demand-based problems faced by tourism and recreation establishments
4   Assess the new forms of tourism and recreation to suggest appropriate tourism and recreation products for different destination types.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Overview of the Course
2 Driving Forces for Change in Tourism
3 Current Issues in Tourism: Socio-demographic trends
4 Current Issues in Tourism: Technological trends
5 Current Issues in Tourism: Environmental trends
6 Current Issues in Tourism: Economic trends
7 Current Issues in Tourism: Political trends
8 Crisis Management in Tourism Industry
9 Term Paper Presentations
10 Term Paper Presentations
11 Term Paper Presentations
12 Term Paper Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

There is no one specific text book to be followed. Students should use a mixture of academic books and journals, statistics, industry reports, newspaper articles, online sources and all other related material to be prepared for lectures, assignments and exams.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures: The course consists of a series of lectures on the current trends to be found in the tourism and recreation sectors. The lecture topics may vary according to the current issues in that specific year.
2. Assignments: Each week, students will be given assignments on lecture topics to be prepared individually, which will help them get prepared for lectures, and apply their theoretical knowledge into real-life or scenario-based case studies.
3. Case studies: There will also be case study practices to be employed in the class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 ASS Assignment
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + ASS * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm: 40%
Assignment: 60% (This section covers both the term project and weekly homework)

Assessment Criteria

1. The appropriate answers to mid-term essay questions should use both theoretical and practical knowledge on the related subjects. Students need to follow current tourism-related publications to be able to answer questions correctly.
2. Weekly assignments will be graded according to their context and the appropriate use of real-life cases on the assignment topics. Students' ability to discuss the topics from different perspectives and in detail will also be taken into account.
3. Student participation in class discussions and case studies will be encouraged. Their participation, and involvement in case study sessions will be assessed accordingly.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students need to submit their weekly assignments in time.
4. Students need to work with different teams for each case study session.
5. The lecture topics of the course may differ each academic year according to the trends and issues shaping the tourism and recreation sectors in that year.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: devrim.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced in the class.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparing presentations 1 13 13
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.145
LO.2444
LO.354
LO.444