COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜR DEVRIM YILMAZ

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge of policy approaches to minimize the negative social, political, and economic consequences of tourism development at destination, national, and international level, and foster more positive impacts through planning and stakeholder theory.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the techniques available to the tourism industry to minimize environmental impacts from operations to be able to evaluate key issues of debate relating to sustainable tourism development.
2   Assess the effects of mass tourism development on destination environment in order to demonstrate an understanding of the problems that unplanned or badly planned tourism can create for host communities and an ability to find solutions to mitigate the impact of these problems.
3   Evaluate specific pieces of legislation or policy documents concerned with the management of heritage and natural resources for tourism purposes to outline the various roles of key tourism policy stakeholders, and devise appropriate strategies for the inclusion of local communities within tourism development plans.
4   Identify and discuss the advantages and difficulties associated with various form of tourism development in relation to their impacts upon the destination communities (i.e. economic, social, and environmental considerations) to be able to be able to evaluate sustainable tourism development policies
5   Identify sustainable production and consumption in tourism to critically appraise methods for assessing the impact of policy at the planning and operational levels of tourism management.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An Introduction to Tourism Policy and Sustainability: Tourism Policy Concept Environmental, Economic, and Sociocultural Considerations Sustainability and Sustainable Development Concepts
2 Tourism and Sustainability Guiding Principles and Approaches An Agenda for Sustainable Tourism Governments, the Market and the Industry s View The Crucial Role of Government
3 Destination Management Concept and Sustainability (1)
4 Destination Management Concept and Sustainability (2)
5 Stakeholder Theory and Sustainable Destination Management
6 Shaping Sustainable Tourism on Destination Level Structures and Strategies
7 Policy Implications of a Sustainable Tourism Agenda An Evaluation of Turkey's Tourism Policy and Its Impacts on Sustainable Destination Management
8 Case Studies and Real World Examples
9 Case Studies and Real World Examples
10 Student Presentations and Discussions
11 Student Presentations and Discussions
12 Student Presentations and Discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Making Tourism More Sustainable: A Guide for Policy Makers, UNEP, 2005.
2. Sustainable Tourism, David Weaver, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.
3. Tourism and Global Environmental Change, Stefan Gössling and C. Michael Hall, Routledge, 2006.
4. Leisure and Tourism Policy and Planning, A.J. Veal, Cabi Publishing, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture: There will be three lecture sessions every week.
2. Discussion: During the lectures some discussion topics related to lecture's content will be offered to the students.
3. Assignments: In some weeks which are determined at the beginning of the term students will be given assignments related to topics

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 ASS Assignment
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + ASS * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The student will be able to explain impacts of tourism on a destination.
2. The student will be able to discuss principles of sustainable tourism development.
3. The student will be able to evaluate sustainable tourism development policies.
4. The student will able to apply stakeholder theory to tourism development at local, regional, national, and international level.
5. The student will be able to assess the impact of policy at the planning and operational levels of tourism management.

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. Participation to the course and discussions during the classes is required.
4. Late arrivals to the class should be avoided.
5. All electronic devices should be kept close during the lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced during the course.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturers 12 3 36
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation before/After Weekly Lectures (reading,analyzing core materials such as articles 12 1 12
Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Final Exam 0 0 0
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments (Term Projects etc.) 6 3 18
Preparing Group Assignments ( Term Projects etc.) 1 20 20
Preparing Presentations 1 5 5
Other : Please Indicate 0 0 0
Final 0 0 0
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

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.25454
LO.35
LO.44
LO.54

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