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VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF NEVŞEHİR / TIY207 - TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT

Code: TIY207 Course Title: TOURISM GEOGRAPHY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course Short Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer FURKAN SOYSALDI (furkansoysaldi@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ALİ MEYDAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The touristic value of geographical regions, their potential and problems are analyzed from the perspective of economy, physics and history.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 will be able to explain tourism destinations in Turkey. PO-1 Describe the basic concepts concerning tourism and hotel management
Examination
LO-2 will be able to explain the types of tourism in Turkey. PO-1 Describe the basic concepts concerning tourism and hotel management
Examination
LO-3 will be able to explain historical and cultural values ​​in the regional and local fields PO-1 Describe the basic concepts concerning tourism and hotel management
Examination
LO-4 will be able to explain alternative tourism resources PO-3 Know the internal and external environmental factors which have an effect on tourism and hotel management.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The geography of tourism, tourism values, varieties of tourism, regions
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Historical development and definition of tourism lecture
2 The elements of tourism lecture
3 Tourism science and its relationship with other disciplines lecture, discussion
4 Tourism geography and analysis issues lecture, explanation
5 meet the demand factors in tourism (attractiveness of) lecture, explanation
6 meet the demand factors in tourism (the availability of transport and transport systems) lecture, explanation
7 meet the demand factors in tourism (the availability of accommodation services) lecture, explanation
8 mid-term exam
9 Social and environmental impacts of tourism lecture, explanation
10 The impact on the environment values of ​​tourism lecture
11 General features of the geography of tourism in Turkey lecture
12 Turkey's properties with regard to holiday and leisure tourism lecture, explanation
13 Turkey's properties with regard to Mountains, Sports, Springs and other tourism amenities lecture, explanation
14 impact to tourism demand of Turkey tourism geography lecture, explanation
15 preparation to final exam lecture, questions&answers
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Türkiye Turizm Coğrafyası, (Yrd.doç.Dr. Mehmet Gürdal), Detay Yayınevi, 2001, Ankara.
Required Course instruments and materials
projection, cd, internet, book

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 2 4
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 2 4
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 11 1 11
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 11 1 11
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60