Discovering Tourism (5cr)
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
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Campus
- Laurea common
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOP2), Palvelualat
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
Teaching methods
Optima
Netscouting
Benchmarking
Document analysis
Customer profiles
Time and location
Virtual course
Learning materials and recommended literature
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)
Alternative completion methods of implementation
N/A
Important dates
Course begins
Assignments must be returned by
Student workload
135 hours of independed student work
Content and scheduling
As intensive week(s)
Further information
No previous tourism studies required.
Suitable for international students
Evaluation scale
H-5