Discovering Tourism (5 cr)

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

Hybrid: Online and campus lectures. Please note that course consists of weekly meetings. Some of the campus meetings will change in to online meetings.
Canvas, lectures and small groups guidance
Netscouting
Benchmarking
Document analysis
Customer profiles

Exam schedules

Hybrid: Online and campus lectures. Please note that course consists of weekly meetings. Some of the campus meetings will change in to online meetings.

Please note: There have been couple changes to schedule after publishing. Two meetings have been changed from Thursday mornings to Monday mornings. Please see more detailed information in reservations (e.g. lukkarikone).

International connections

The study unit is suitable for exchange students.
Suitable for blended learning programme students

Student workload

One credit equals approximately 26.7 hours of work performed by the student.

Content scheduling

As intensive week(s) in April and May. The implementation schedule is visible to students in Pakki as implementation reservations. Some of the campus meetings will change in to online meetings.

Please note: There have been couple changes to schedule after publishing. Two meetings have been changed from Thursday mornings to Monday mornings. Please see more detailed information in reservations (e.g. lukkarikone).

There is a compulsory pre-assignment. Canvas course platform will be open two weeks before the first meeting. Please note that intensive course requires active attendance.

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.”