COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TMT 3023 SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Tourism Management (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGÜR DEVRIM YILMAZ

Offered to

Tourism Management (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge of policy approaches to minimize the negative social, political, and economic consequences of tourism development at destination, national, and international level, and foster more positive impacts through planning and stakeholder theory.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the techniques available to the tourism industry to minimize environmental impacts from operations to be able to evaluate key issues of debate relating to sustainable tourism development.
2   Assess the effects of mass tourism development on destination environment in order to demonstrate an understanding of the problems that unplanned or badly planned tourism can create for host communities and an ability to find solutions to mitigate the impact of these problems.
3   Evaluate specific pieces of legislation or policy documents concerned with the management of heritage and natural resources for tourism purposes to outline the various roles of key tourism policy stakeholders, and devise appropriate strategies for the inclusion of local communities within tourism development plans.
4   Identify and discuss the advantages and difficulties associated with various form of tourism development in relation to their impacts upon the destination communities (i.e. economic, social, and environmental considerations) to be able to be able to evaluate sustainable tourism development policies
5   Identify sustainable production and consumption in tourism to critically appraise methods for assessing the impact of policy at the planning and operational levels of tourism management.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General overview of the course - Introduction to the course and course requirements
2 Sustainable Development - Relationship between Tourism and Sustainability Tourism Area Life Cycle
3 Making tourism more sustainable - Government s role
4 Sustainable development goals
5 An agenda for sustainable tourism (Economic Impacts)
6 An agenda for sustainable tourism (Social Impacts)
7 An agenda for sustainable tourism (Environmental Impacts)
8 Overtourism
9 Case Study
10 Term paper presentations
11 Term paper presentations
12 Term paper presentations
13 Term paper presentations
14 Term paper presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Making Tourism More Sustainable: A Guide for Policy Makers, UNEP, 2005.
2. Sustainable Tourism, David Weaver, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.
3. Tourism and Global Environmental Change, Stefan Gössling and C. Michael Hall, Routledge, 2006.
4. Leisure and Tourism Policy and Planning, A.J. Veal, Cabi Publishing, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture: There will be three lecture sessions every week.
2. Discussion: During the lectures some discussion topics related to lecture's content will be offered to the students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 ASS Assignment
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + ASS * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment evaluation criteria
Student chooses a suitable project name (10 points)
This element is not provided or it is irrelevant to the topic 1 (0%)
This element does not entirely fit the subject 2 (40%)
This element fits the context at an acceptable standard 3 (60%)
This element is developed in a good way and fits into the context 4 (80%)
This element is noteworthy and fits perfectly into the context 5 (100%)

Student finds an effective slogan for the project (10 points)
This element is not provided or it is irrelevant to the topic 1 (0%)
This element does not entirely fit the subject 2 (40%)
This element fits the context at an acceptable standard 3 (60%)
This element is developed in a good way and fits into the context 4 (80%)
This element is noteworthy and fits perfectly into the context 5 (100%)

Student prepares a suitable logo for the project (10 points)
This element is not provided or it is irrelevant to the topic 1 (0%)
This element does not entirely fit the subject 2 (40%)
This element fits the context at an acceptable standard 3 (60%)
This element is developed in a good way and fits into the context 4 (80%)
This element is noteworthy and fits perfectly into the context 5 (100%)

Student clearly mentions the purpose of the project (10 points)
This element is not provided or it is irrelevant to the topic 1 (0%)
This element is not adequately explained 2 (40%)
This element fits the context at an acceptable standard 3 (60%)
This element is developed in a good way and fits into the context 4 (80%)
This element is noteworthy and fits perfectly into the context 5 (100%)

Student clearly mentions the suitable institutions of the project (10 points)
This element is not provided or it is irrelevant to the topic 1 (0%)
This element is not adequately explained 2 (40%)
This element fits the context at an acceptable standard 3 (60%)
This element is developed in a good way and fits into the context 4 (80%)
This element is noteworthy and fits perfectly into the context 5 (100%)

Student clearly mentions the relationship of the project with the sustainability dimensions and provides detailed information (20 points)
This element is not provided or it is irrelevant to the topic 1 (0%)
This element is not clearly mentioned and is not detailed enough 2 (40%)
This element fits the context at an acceptable standard 3 (60%)
This element is developed in a good way and fits into the context 4 (80%)
This element is noteworthy and fits perfectly into the context 5 (100%)

Student manages presentation time effectively (10 points)
This element is not provided 1 (0%)
This element is not planned well enough 2 (40%)
This element meets the average expectation 3 (60%)
This element meets the overall expectation 4 (80%)
This element is handled professionally 5 (100%)

Student prepares an elaborate visual presentation in accordance with the specified rules (10 points)
This element is not provided 1 (0%)
This element falls short of expectations and does not comply with some rules 2 (40%)
This element complies with most rules and meets the average expectation 3 (60%)
This element complies with most rules and meets the overall expectation 4 (80%)
This element complies with all rules and is handled professionally 5 (100%)

Student uses effective presentation techniques and skills (10 points)
This element is not provided 1 (0%)
This element falls short of expectations 2 (40%)
This element meets the average expectation 3 (60%)
This element meets the overall expectation 4 (80%)
This element is handled professionally 5 (100%)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced during the course.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturers 14 3 42
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation before/After Weekly Lectures (reading,analyzing core materials such as articles 12 1 12
Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Final Exam 0 0 0
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments (Term Projects etc.) 6 3 18
Preparing Group Assignments ( Term Projects etc.) 1 14 14
Preparing Presentations 1 5 5
Other : Please Indicate 0 0 0
Final 0 0 0
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.145
LO.25454
LO.35
LO.44
LO.54