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COURSE DESCRIPTION

WORLD TOURISM ACTIVITIES AND NEW TRENDS/4840042

Course Title:	WORLD TOURISM ACTIVITIES AND NEW TRENDS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Ahmet TAYFUN

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/tayfun

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

tayfun@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

To analyze and to evaluate the past and present situation of world tourism activities

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	The objective and the scope of the course
2. Week	Present tourism movements in the world
3. Week	Present tourism movements in the world
4. Week	The impacts of technological development on world tourism movements
5. Week	The effects of the increase in population, trade and education level on tourism movements
6. Week	The place of alternative tourism in destination choice
7. Week	Sustainable tourism in the changing world
8. Week	Midterm Exam
9. Week	The place of China and the Far-east in world tourism movements
10. Week	The place of Africa in world tourism movements
11. Week	The place of Europe in world tourism movements
12. Week	The place of Americas in world tourism movements
13. Week	The place of the Mediterranean basin in world tourism movements
14. Week	The effect of economic and political crises on world tourism movements
15. Week	The future direction of world tourism movements
16. Week	Final Exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Richard Sharpley, The Study of Tourism: Past Trends and Future Directions (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility) A. J. Burkart, Tourism: Past, Present and Future Atul Saxena, New Trends in Tourism and Hotel Industry

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Presentation, Discussion

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	50
Assignment	1	50
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	7	7	49
Searching in Internet and Library	7	6	42
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	3	4	12
Preparing Presentation	2	5	10
Presentation	2	4	8
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	2	5	10
Final and Studying for Final	3	5	15
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
ECTS:			7.5

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