WORLD TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
- Course
- TRHM103 - WORLD TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
- Department
- Tourism and Hotel Management - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Scientific Preparation
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 0
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 4 + 4 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Marjan KAMYABI
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
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WORLD TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
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Course outcomes
- 01 Describe important tourism destinations in the world
- 02 Examine the development of tourist areas of major travel destinations and attractions.
- 03 Analyzing different cultures and their contribution to specific destinations.
- 04 Evaluate and determine the needs, interest and expectations of tourists visiting major travel destinations.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the Course/Introducing Syllabus |
| Week 2 | The Geography of Travel and Tourism |
| Week 3 | The general characteristics of tourism geography in Türkiye - Particular tourism destinations of Türkiye |
| Week 4 | Students Presentations - Eastern Europe (Croatia - The Czech Pepublic) / Students' Presentations - Eastern Europe (Greece – Montenegro) |
| Week 5 | Student Presentations – Eastern Europe (Slovenia- Bulgaria) / Eastern Europe (Poland-Estonia) |
| Week 6 | Students presentations – Western Europe (Austria – Holand) / Western Europe (England-France) / Africa Continent (Nigeria–Madagascar) |
| Week 7 | Students presentations – Northern Europe (Denmark – Norway ) / Southern Europe (Spain- Italy) / Western Europe (Ireland – Scotland) |
| Week 8 | Midterm Examination |
| Week 9 | Midterm Examination |
| Week 10 | Students presentations - South Africa (Cape Town-Johannesburg) / Eastern Europe (Bosnia&Herzegovina – Serbia) / Africa and Europe Continents (Morocco-Hungary ) / Africa and Europe Continens (Kenya - Slovakia) |
| Week 11 | Students presentations – Africa Continent (Tunisia – Egypt) / Middle East (Iran – Jordan) / Middle East (United Arab Emirates - Lebanon) |
| Week 12 | Students presentations – Asia & Pacific (Indonesia-Malaysia) / Asia & Pacific (China-Japan) / Asia & Pacific (India-Pakistan) |
| Week 13 | Students presentations - Asia & Pasific (Australia-New Zealand) / Asia & Pacific (South Korea–Thailand) / Northern Europe (Finland-Sweeden) |
| Week 14 | Students presentation - America Continent (Peru – Colombia) / America Continent (Brazil – Argentine) / America Continent (USA – Costa Rica) |
| Week 15 | General Review - Briefing about Final Exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Boniface, B. and Cooper, C., 2009. Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism. 5th ed. UK, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
- 02 Lew, A. A., Hall, C. M., & Timothy, D. J. (2011). World regional geography: Human mobilities, tourism destinations, sustainable environments. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
- 03 Nelson, V. (2017). An introduction to the geography of tourism. Rowman & Littlefield.
Learning Outcomes
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Program Outcomes
- P01 1. Develops and deepens his / her knowledge in the field of tourism and hotel management based on his / her undergraduate qualifications.
- P02 2. Have knowledge about management and organization issues in the field of Tourism and Hotel Management.
- P03 3. Has knowledge about production management and marketing in Tourism and Hotel Management.
- P04 4. Tourism and Hotel Management, accounting and finance issues.
- P05 5. Evaluate the concepts, ideas, data, and information in the sectoral and academic fields and solve the problems.
- P06 6. Understands the interaction between disciplines related to tourism.
- P07 7. Evaluate the sectoral conjuncture and make predictions about the future, determine strategic goals and targets, plan and implement them.
- P08 8. Can prepare projects for the sector; take an active role in the programming, evaluation and execution phases.
- P09 9. Have cognitive abilities such as attention, memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning, problem-solving and decision making, understanding, and language production.
- P10 10. Learn how to learn by learning from their mistakes by making solutions to the problems they face and adopt the principle of lifelong learning.
- P11 11. Analyze the business, its competitors, the sector and the sectoral competitiveness through various graphs, matrices and tables.
- P12 12. Knows at least one foreign language which is valid in the field of tourism management.
- P13 13. Has sufficient knowledge about the sector and business issues such as occupational safety, worker health, social security, quality and sustainability.
- P14 14. Has knowledge about his / her field and can transfer his / her knowledge, predictions, and thoughts orally and in writing.
- P15 15. Can apply all stages of tourism industry-related businesses from investment decision to operate.
- P16 16. Strategic, tactical and operational aspects of business management; comprehend local, national, international and global dimensions.
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