COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM POLICY AND PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUI 6208 TOURISM POLICY AND PLANNING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM KOBA

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to analyze economic and social impacts of tourism as a planned endeavour to regions and countries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyze the role of tourism in an economy.
2   Understand tourism policy and tools
3   Plan tourism sector at macro level.
4   Examine the interaction between tourism and environment.
5   Apply tourism plans.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Tourism and Tourism Planning
2 The Role of Tourism in Economy
3 Tourism Policy and Tools
4 Sustainable Development and Tourism
5 Macro Planning of Tourism Sector
6 Sustainable Tourism Policy and Planning
7 Tourism and Environment
8 Regional Impacts of Tourism
9 Regional Tourism Planning
10 Regional Tourism Planning Steps: Research
11 Regional Tourism Planning Steps: Decision Making
12 Application of Tourism Plans: I-II Steps
13 Application of Tourism Plans: III Steps
14 Presentation
15 Presentation
16 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Turizm Genel ve Yapısal Yaklaşım - Prof. Dr. Öcal Usta
Turizm Planlaması ve Politikası - Prof. Dr. Orhan Içöz, Prof. Dr. Turgut Var, Yard. Doç. Dr. Ibrahim Ilhan
Holden, A. (2005). Tourism Studies and the Social Sceinces, 1st Edition, UK:Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Methods have been explained in Assessment Methods and Workload sections in detail.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced soon

Assessment Criteria

Department: Tourism Management PHD
Learning Objective/Competency: LO.1.1. To provide our students with the skills to analyze the place of the tourism sector in the economy. LO. 1.2. Our students will evaluate tourism concepts and practices with the support of scientific theories.
Course: TUI 6208 Tourism Policy and Planning
Sections: Spring (2)
Instructor: Doç. Dr. Yeşim KOBA
Assessment Method: Midterm, Final, Term Project and Presentation of the Term Project

Scoring Principles for single student
Maximum Score achievable for 1 student = 7 * 3 = 21
Minimum Score achievable for 1 student = 7* 1 = 7
Student does not meet expectation if: Score of student < 21* %70 = 15
Student meets expectation if: 15 Score of student 19
Student exceeds expectation if: Score of student > 7 * %90 = 19

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced soon.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.koba@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 236

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.4
LO.54

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