COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM MARKETING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 2008 TOURISM MARKETING COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR EDA AVCI

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course aims to assist the students to gain the benefits of the ability of creative thinking and the knowledge of theory and conceptual that will provide them to make decisions both in the national and international tourism markets by considering the specific characteristics of tourism marketing itself

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 To be able to compare the process of tourism marketing with the process of product marketing and service marketing.
2   2 To be able to understand the factos of marketing environment and link them together.
3   3 To be able to explain the process of marketing planning and information management.
4   4 To be able to understand the reasons of consumer behavior in tourism marketing.
5   5 To be able to explain the elements of marketing mix in tourism marketing by giving proper examples.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to marketing and basic concepts
2 History of marketing and marketing mix elements
3 Introduction to tourism marketing and its main characteristics
4 Marketing planning
5 Environment of tourism marketing
6 Tourist behavior and tourism marketing
7 Midterm Exam
8 Midterm Exam
9 Market segmentation and positioning
10 Product design and pricing
11 Distirbution channels and promotion
12 People and physical environment
13 Future of tourism marketing
14 Future of tourism marketing and overview
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Içöz, Orhan (2001) Turizm Işletmelerinde Pazarlama: Ilkeler ve Uygulamalar. Ankara:Turhan Kitabevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture is given theorically

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules


Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozge.adan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-Wednesday:13.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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