Course Objectives:
This course intends to lay down the groundwork for
learning about geography, destinations and
selling travel. The major aim of this course is to familiarize
the students with popular tourist destinations to understand and
determine a client's needs, interest and expectations.
Structure:
The teaching structure and methods will be
used in this course include lectures, discussions,
internet exercises, slide shows, video sessions and oral
presentations.
Schedule:
There are three hour lecture sessions per
week as indicated on the academic schedule. The second and
the third hour of the lecture sessions will generally be allocated to the
case studies, internet exercises and discussions.
Course Requirements:
- Attendance:
Students are expected to attend classes regularly. The
absence rate should not be more than 25% as regulated by the
university. Those students with above 25% absence will
not be accepted to take the exams.
- Behavior
& Participation:
Students are expected to behave properly in the classroom and participate in the classroom
discussions.
- Examinations and
Grading: There will be one mid-term and one final
examination
which will be in short essay format.
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Assignments and
Internet Exercises (BONUS):
There will be internet exercises related to each topic covered in
the course. Depending on the nature
of the exercise, students should submit their answers during the
class time, or later as homework. Participation
to the discussions during those sessions has important
contribution in grading.
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Projects and Oral
Presentations: Students will prepare 2 oral
presentations during the course. These oral presentations
will be chosen by the students themselves on the following
main areas: (1) natural attraction or historical attraction
(10 min) and (2) cultural or contemporary attraction (10
min.). A supplementary material on the project presentation
will be provided in the coming weeks.
Methods of Evaluation:
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Oral Presentation:
50% (Natural
or Historical Attraction: 25%; Cultural or Contemporary
Attraction: 25%)
- Mid-term
examination: 20%
- Final examination:
20%
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Behavior
&
Participation: 10%
Course Book:
There is no course book for this
course.
Reference Books:
World Tourism Organisation.
International Tourism: A Global Perspective. WTO Tourism
Education and Training Series. WTO. Madrid. (1997)
Davidoff, P. G.; Davidoff D.
S.; Eyre, J. D. Tourism Geography. Pren-Hall. New
Jersey. (1988)
Foster, D. Travel and
Tourism Management. The MacMillan Press Ltd. London. (1985)
Pearce, D. Tourist
Development (2nd. ed.). Longman Group UK Ltd. Eseex. (1989)
Mathieson, A.; Wall, G. Tourism
- economic, physical, and social impacts. Longman Group UK
Ltd. Essex. (1982)
Holloway, J. C.; Plant R. V. Marketing
for Tourism (2nd ed.). Pitman Publishing. London. (1992)
Lecture Notes:
Lecture notes will be available
each week through this web site. The lecture
notes are based on the course and reference books cited
above. However,
please be alert that the lecture notes alone would not be
sufficient to pass the course safely.
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