COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GMS 2010 TOURISM ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA KURGUN

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

This course aims to enable students to analyze the effects of tourism as a monetary and mass event in the national economy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the reasons for tourism development
2   To be able to analyze world tourism and Turkey's tourism
3   To be able to evaluate monetary effects of tourism
4   To be able to analyze real economic effects of tourism
5   To be able to evaluate factors affecting balance in tourism

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts
2 Tourism and tourist concepts
3 Sector concept and tourism sector
4 Tourism demand and characteristics
5 Factors affecting tourism demand
6 Elasticity of tourism demand
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 Tourism supply and characteristics, Factors affecting tourism supply
10 Elasticity of tourism supply
11 Tourism market and equilibrium price formation
12 Market types and firm balance in the tourism sector
13 Moneter Economic Impacts of Tourism
14 Real Economic Effects of Tourism
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference:
Bahar, O. ve Kozak, N. (2008), Turizm Ekonomisi, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara.

Other References:
Içöz, O. (2005), Turizm Ekonomisi 3. Baskı, Turhan Kitapevi, Ankara.
Özkök, F. G. (2008), Turizmin Ekonomik Etkileri, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa.
Ünsal, E. (2001), Mikro Iktisat, Imaj Yayıncılık, Ankara.
Yağcı Ö. (2007), Turizm Ekonomisi, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam: Midterm exam includes subjects and assignments in the course content (40%).
2. Final Exam: The exam will cover all subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).
3. Resit: The exam will cover all the topics in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

Exam papers will be evaluated regarding the level of understanding, as well as defining the causality between the basic concepts and issues of the lecture, ability of giving examples and analytical thought, and using relevant terminology.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Participation in class is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.kurgun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 13:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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