COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMY OF TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0162 ECONOMY OF TOURISM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEVRIM ERTÜRK

Offered to

Efes Vocational School
Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

Being able to provide information about the basic concepts of tourism economy and the characteristics of the tourism sector, explains the basic concepts of the tourism economy, explains the formation and properties of the tourism sector.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can explain the basic concepts of economy,
2   Have Information About Tourism Economy,
3   Determines the effects of tourism on the balance of payments
4   earn the effects of tourism on the country's Gross National Product
5   Know the application results of tourism economy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Economy and Tourism Relations
2 Basic Economic Concepts
3 Developments in Tourism Economy
4 Supply-Demand Relationship in Tourism
5 Demand and Demand Flexibility in Tourism
6 Goods and Services in Tourism Economy
7 Tourism Market Conditions
8 Mid. Exam
9 Determination of Economic Problems in Tourism
10 Solution of Economic Problems in Tourism
11 Evaluation of Economic Indicators in Tourism
12 Economic returns of Foreign Tourism
13 Economic returns of domestic tourism
14 Social problems of tourism
15 General Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading


It will be covered from Turim Economics Books and lecture notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The Course is Theoretically Processed.
Participants of Tourism Businesses Especially Economics Departments will be invited and examples will be created.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

VISA AND FINAL EXAM WILL BE MADE.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules


70% attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.erturk@deu.edu.tr.

Office Hours

Monday: 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 14 2 28
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
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.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51