COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOURISM ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUI 5001 TOURISM ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ALP TIMUR

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to analyze monetary and reel effects in world and national economy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand the causes of growth of tourism.
2   To be able to analyze Turkish and world tourism.
3   To be able to evaluate monetary economic effects of tourism
4   To be able to evaluate reel economic effects of tourism.
5   To be able to evaluate factors affecting equilibrium in tourism sector.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An Overall Approach to Tourism
2 Definition and Classification of Tourism
3 Tourism growth and Its Causes
4 Structural Change in Tourism
5 Sectoral Distinction of the Tourism
6 Analysis of the World Tourism
7 Analysis of Turkish Tourism
8 Tourism Sector and Tourism Market (Midterm exam will be held in this week except the course hour.)
9 Tourism Sector and Tourism Market
10 Economic Function of Tourism
11 Monetary Economic Effects of Tourism
12 Monetary Economic Effects of Tourism
13 Real Economic Impact of Tourism
14 Factors Affecting the Sectoral Equilibrium

Recomended or Required Reading

Bahar, O. ve Kozak, N. (2008), `Turizm Ekonomisi Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara.
Içöz, O. (2005), `Turizm Ekonomisi 3. Baskı, Turhan Kitapevi, Ankara.
Kolektif (2009). `Turizm Politikaları . Değişim Yayınları
Kozak, N. (2010). `Turizm Pazarlaması . Detay Yayıncılık
Özkök, F. G. (2008), `Turizmin Ekonomik Etkileri Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa.
Rızaoğlu, B. (2003). `Turizm Davranışı . Detay Yayıncılık
Rızaoğlu, B. (2007). `Turizm Pazarlaması . Detay Yayıncılık
Tarhan, C. (2001), `Turizm Politikaları . Değişim Yayınları
Timur, A., O. Içöz, H. Avn. Egeli, A. Türksoy, O. Çolakoğlu, Z. Arslan (1994). `Ege Bölgesi Turizminin Sektörel Analizi ve Gelişme Stratejileri . EGIAD.
Ünsal, E. (2001). `Mikro Iktisat . Imaj Yayıncılık.
Yağcı Ö. (2007). `Turizm Ekonomisi .Detay Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The combination of both theoretical and applied perspectives.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Evaluating midterm, final and presentation of students.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, final exams and presentation of students.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be ready for lessons

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

alp.timur@deu.edu.tr, 02324204180

Office Hours

Monday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 17 17
Preparing Presentations 1 17 17
Final exam 1 2 2
Mid-term exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.153
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