Discovering Tourism (5 cr)

Code: A9337-3004

General information

Enrollment: 25.11.2019 - 01.12.2019
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 14.04.2020 - 14.06.2020
Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual proportion: 5 cr

Campus: Laurea common

Teaching languages: English

Degree programmes: Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOP2), Palvelualat

Teachers: Annukka Korvenranta; Marjaana Salomaa

Teacher in charge: Marjaana Salomaa

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

Location and time

Virtual course

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 will be 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:
- ebrary
- ProQuest Central
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- EBSCOhost
- Emerald Journals (very good selection of journals)

Teaching methods

Optima
Netscouting
Benchmarking
Document analysis
Customer profiles

Exam schedules

Course begins
Assignments must be returned by

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

135 hours of independed student work

Content scheduling

As intensive week(s)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

No previous tourism studies required.
Suitable for international students