COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 2012 TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR EDA AVCI

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

To provide the students with competences on learning and applying the legal and management information related to tourism intermediaries, systems and services of tourism intermediaries and their operations with hospitality management companies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the basic functions of tourism intermediaries.
2   Being able to explain the concept of package tour
3   Being able to prepare a package tour.
4   Being able to provide other services belonging to tourism intermediaries.
5   Being able to carry out the operations between tourism intermediaries and hospitality management companies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Tourism Intermediaries and Legal Arrangements
2 Characteristics of Tour Operations and Travel Agencies
3 The Difference Between Tour Operations and Travel Agencies
4 Functions of Tour Operators
5 Classification of Tour Operators
6 International Tour Operators
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 The Concept of Tour, Package Tour and Its Definition
9 The Concept of Tour, Package Tour and Its Definition
10 Characteristics Of Package Tours
11 Production Of A Package Tour
12 Marketing Of A Package Tour
13 Management Of A Package Tour
14 Arrangements Between Tour Operator-Greeter Agency And Hotel
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Seyahat Acentacılığı ve Tur Operatörlüğü, Orhan Içöz, Turhan Kitapevi, Ankara, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing.

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is imperative to attend 70% of the courses and fulfill the requirements of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eda.avci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

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.19PO.20
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51