COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GMS 1006 INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÜZIDE ZEYNEP ÇANKAYA

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

This course aims to enable students to learning the basic concepts of tourism and creating infrastructure for tourism-related courses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the concepts of the tourism
2   Recognize the Tourism Enterprises
3   Learn the importance of the concept of tourists and tourism
4   Explaining the relationship between Tourism and economic Factors

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An Overview of Tourism Definition of tourism, Importance of tourism, Key characteristics of tourism
2 Types of Tourism According to the number of participants, according to the destination, by age, socio-economic status, purposes, and according to physical, social, and environmental changes
3 Changing Tourism Trends Reasons driving changes in holiday preferences, neurogastronomy, grief tourism, experiential gastronomy tourism, multi-generational travel, last chance tourism, solo travel, space tourism
4 Development of Tourism Industry Historical evolution of tourism, Influences on the growth of tourism, Major milestones in tourism development
5 Structure of Tourism Components of the tourism industry, tourism products and their components, relationships between different sectors and tourism, definition of tourism ecosystem
6 The Tourism Business Definition of tourism businesses, types of tourism enterprises
7 The Tourism Business Factors affecting tourism supply, types of tourism services, the role of infrastructure in tourism supply
8 Tourism Demand and Its Characteristics Factors affecting tourism demand, demand elasticity in tourism, trends in global tourism demand
9 Economic Impacts of Tourism Contribution of tourism to GDP, employment creation, economic multiplier effect
10 Social and Physical Impacts of Tourism Cultural change, social benefits and challenges, tourism and social development, environmental impacts of tourism, resource consumption, pollution caused by tourism activities
11 Tourism and Technology I The role of technology in tourism, technological innovations in the tourism industry, the impact of digital transformation on tourism, its effects on tourism planning
12 Tourism and Technology II The importance of technology use in food and beverage services, general review of the term
13 Institutionalization of Tourism in Turkey and Public Actors The development of tourism in Turkey and the study of public actors
14 Current Issues in Tourism and Future Expectations Discussion of current issues and future expectations

Recomended or Required Reading

Öcal Usta, Genel Turizm, Anadolu Maatbacılık, 2001, Izmir.
Nazmi Kozak, Meryem Kozak ve Metin Kozak. Genel Turizm, Detay Yayınları, 2017, Ankara.
Cooper, C., Fletcher, J., Fyall, A., Gilbert, D. And Wanhill, S., 2006. Tourism Principles and Practice. Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, London.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ*0.40+FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ*0.40+BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam: Midterm exam includes subjects and assignments in the course content (40%).
2. Final Exam: The exam will cover all subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).
3. Resit: The exam will cover all the topics in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

Student;
1. Will be able to explain the concepts related to tourism sector.
2 Will be able to express the characteristics of tourism enterprises.
3. Will be able to explain the importance of tourism.
3 Will be able to establish the relationship between tourism and economic elements.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Participation in class is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zeynep.egeli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday/ 14:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
In-class practices 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45

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