Education Information System

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
General Tourism	ASC1101	1. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	3.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Associate
Course Type
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course Coordinator	Lect. Ömer YAVUZ
Instructor(s)	Ömer YAVUZ
Assistants
Goals	Along with the concept of tourism and tourists, the relationship between tourism and the branches of science with which it is related is determined. Scanning information about types of tourism. In particular, the industrial revolution and post-industrial state of tourism are revealed and the factors affecting the development of tourism are examined. The characteristics of tourism supply and demand are determined and the elements that must exist in the tourism region are expressed. To reveal the problems of tourism in Turkey by analyzing its development period by separating it according to years, with the aim of assimilating the dimension of tourism's relationship with the economic, social and physical environment and its effects. Future trends in international tourism are determined and it is aimed to teach how to implement these trends.
Course Content	Learning general concepts such as tourism and tourists. To understand the separation of tourism into its types and the basic features of this separation. To be able to understand why tourism has developed in all its systematics. To know the characteristics of tourism supply and demand and to list the parts of the touristic product. Understanding the positive and negative economic effects of tourism and learning the effects of tourism on the environment and society.
Learning Outcomes	- Obtains general information about the tourism industry and businesses. - Obtains information about the classification of tourism and tourism businesses. - Understands the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism. - Obtains information about current issues and problems in the field of tourism. - Makes a general assessment of tourism.

Week	Topics	Learning Methods
1. Week	Definition of tourism, definition of tourist, tourism and other branches of science, types of tourism. Branches of science with which tourism interacts.	Course Hours Research Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
2. Week	Factors affecting the development of tourism, characteristics of the tourism industry. The situation of tourism before and after the industrial revolution.	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities
3. Week	Factors affecting the development of tourism. Definitions of tourism system, tourism industry and tourism supply.	Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Verbal Expression
4. Week	The elements that make up the tourist product, the tourism region as a tourism product.	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Other Activities
5. Week	Definition of the qualities that the touristic product must have and the types of businesses located in the tourism region.	Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
6. Week	Characteristics of Tourism Demand. Domestic and International Tourism. Elasticity of Tourism Demand.	Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
7. Week	Factors affecting tourism demand; economic factors, social factors, psychological factors and other factors affecting tourism demand.	Research Verbal Expression Other Activities Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
8. Week	Midterm	Course Hours
9. Week	Positive and Negative Economic Effects of Tourism	Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Visual Presentation Research Course Hours Verbal Expression
10. Week	Relations of Tourism with the Social and Physical Environment.	Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation
11. Week	Tourism in Turkey before the Republic.	Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression
12. Week	Tourism in Turkey from the Republic Era to the Present. Structure of the Tourism Industry in Turkey.	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
13. Week	The Place of Tourism in the Turkish Economy. Non-Governmental Organizations Operating in the Field of Tourism.	Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
14. Week	European Union and Türkiye Tourism. Problems of the Tourism Sector. International Tourism.	Verbal Expression Other Activities Course Hours Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Research
15. Week	Final	Course Hours
16. Week	Final	Course Hours

1. KOZAK, N., AKOĞLAN, M., Kozak M., "General Tourism Principles-Concepts", Detay Publishing, Ankara

2. Prof. Dr. Öcal USTA, Tourism 'General and Structural Approach', Detay Publishing, 2009.

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	DK2	DK3	DK4	DK5	Measurement Method
PY1	5	5	5	5	5	5	40,60

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Course's Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation		Written exam	Oral Exams	Assignment/Project	Laboratory work	Presentation/Seminar

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1	1	20	20
Homework 1	1	10	10
Final	1	20	20
Classroom Activities	13	2	26
Total Workload			76
ECTS Credit of the Course			25.5 3.0