COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOUR OPERATING AND TRAVEL AGENCY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 4005 TOUR OPERATING AND TRAVEL AGENCY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM KOBA

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Tourism Management

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide detail information about the history of travel agencies and tour operators, their missions and current issues on the subject

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the history of travel in order to be able to analyze the current situation of tourism activities.
2   Have the necessary information about distribution system and channels to be able to comprehend travel distribution systems.
3   Learn the basic functions of travel agencies to be able to organize travel activities.
4   Learn the factors affecting travel agencies to be able to make future projections.
5   Have necessary information about tour types, tour cost and tour operation to be able to prepare a tour programme.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Travel concept and the history of travel
2 Distribution systems and channels in tourism
3 The organization and management of travel agencies
4 The activities of travel agencies
5 Tour planning and tour management
6 Tour operators
7 Midterm Exam
8 Midterm Exam
9 The act and legislation of travel agencies
10 Central reservation systems
11 Current issues in travel agencies and tour operators
12 The future of travel agencies and tour operators
13 Tour programme preparation 1
14 Tour programme preparation 2
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials: Içöz, Orhan (2009) Seyahat Acentaları ve Tur Operatörlüğü Yönetimi. Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theorical courses will take place every week .

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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