COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM RESOURCE ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TMT 3020 TOURISM RESOURCE ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AHMET DEMIRCI

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course is designed to help students understand the patterns and processes involved in regional tourism development and the methods to manage tourism development in different destination settings through the analysis of tourism resources.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Assess ideas and theories of tourism and regional development to be able to examine the development processes followed by real-life destination cases
2   Understand the spatial patterns of tourist destinations to describe the varying prerequisites of tourism development in different destination types
3   Evaluate the supply capacity in tourist destinations in a way to identify the carrying capacity thresholds of both the overall destination product and sub-sectors
4   Analyse the visitor tour maps of alternative destination types in order to suggest solutions to demand-related problems
5   conduct analyses on the structure of destination products in order to be able recommend methods to strengthen the inter-dependence of product components

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introductary Framework: Regional Tourism Development
2 Resource Analysis: Primary Services and Facilities Case studies in class
3 Resource Analysis: Secondary and Supporting Services and Facilities Case studies in class
4 Analysis of Socio-Cultural Resources in Tourism Case studies in class
5 Analysis of Nature-Based Resources in Tourism Case studies in class
6 Spatial Patterns of Tourism Development Case studies in class
7 Tourism Audit and Impact Studies Case studies in class
8 Consumption of Tourism: Markets and Competitors Case studies in class
9 Strategy Formulation and Planning Process in Tourism Development Actors in Tourism Development and Planning Case studies in class
10 Community Involvement in Tourism Planning Financing Regional Tourism Development Case studies in class
11 Presentations Case studies in class
12 Presentations Case studies in class

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Tourism Planning: Policies, Processes, Relationships by HALL, C.M. 2008, Prentice Hall, Essex, 2nd ed.
2. Tourism and Regional Development by GIAOUTZI, M and NIJKAMP, P. (ed.), 2006, Ashgate, Burlington.
3. Tourism Development Revisited: Concepts, Issues and Paradigms by BABU, S.S., MISHRA, S., PARIDA, B.B. (ed.), (2008), Sage Publications, London.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Class discussions
3. Assignments
4. Group project
5. Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 TP TermProject
3 PRS Presentation
4 PRT Participation
5 CSA CaseAnalysis
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 +TP * 0.25 + PRS * 0.15 + PRT * 0.05 + CSA * 0.15

Further Notes About Assessment Methods



Assessment Criteria

1. In their exam essays, students should be able to present that they are capable of describing the related topics and concepts correctly with the use of appropriate real-life cases.
2. In assignments , students ability to work in groups, the correct match of the submitted paper s content with the assignment topic, and the number of assignments submitted throughout the term will add up to the assignment grade.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Teams for assignments need to alter each week. Students cannot work with the same team for the whole term.

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
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments (Individual) 0 0 0
Preparing assignments (Group) 12 4 48
Other: Please Indicate 0 0 0
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 0 0 0
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Final 0 0 0
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

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.255
LO.3355
LO.434
LO.53

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