Discovering Tourism (5 cr)
Code: A9337-3006
General information
- Enrollment
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24.05.2021 - 30.05.2021
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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03.11.2021 - 15.12.2021
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual proportion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Campus
- Laurea Leppävaara
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOP2), Palvelualat
- Teachers
- Annukka Korvenranta
- Petri Miinalainen
- Teacher in charge
- Annukka Korvenranta
- Study unit
- A9337
Learning outcomes
The student is able to:
- define tourism as a part of the global economy
- analyse the tourism sector
Content
- Travel and tourism sector in Finland
- Tourism organizations (Visit Finland, UNWTO etc.)
- Characteristics of tourism in different regions in Finland, services, actors, attractions etc.
- Subsectors in tourism (business travel, leisure tourism, incentive tourism, special interest tourism etc.)
- Profitable tourism product
Materials
Literature for example:
Tourism : principles, practices, philosophies/ Robert W. McIntosh, Charles R. Goeldner, J.R. Brent Ritchie
Tourism : Principles and Practice / Chris Cooper...[et al.]
Literature is based on academic journals, such as Annals of Tourism Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Tourism Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
Databases for articles (available through Laurea Finna):
- ebrary
- ProQuest Central
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- EBSCOhost
- Emerald Journals (very good selection of journals)
Teaching methods
Canvas, lectures and small groups guidance
Netscouting
Benchmarking
Document analysis
Customer profiles
International connections
The study unit is suitable for exchange students.
Student workload
One credit equals approximately 26.7 hours of work performed by the student.
Content scheduling
As intensive week(s) from November to December. The implementation schedule is visible to students in Pakki as implementation reservations.
There will be a compulsory pre-assignment.
Please prepare to attend to all online meetings in schedule since this is an intensive course!
Evaluation scale
H-5
Further information
According to the degree regulations (section 18) “students must be present in the first contact session or notify their teacher in charge if they cannot attend. If they fail to notify the teacher of their absence in the first contact session, their enrollment will be rejected. Another student in the queue may be enrolled in the study unit in the place of the absent student.”