Discovering Tourism (5cr)

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

Please note that the study unit has weekly meetings. Some of the meetings are on campus and some online.
Course consist of lectures and small group working. Course material is in Canvas.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Literature is based on academic journals, such as Annals of Tourism Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Tourism Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management and e.g. publications and research documents from Visit Finland.

Suitable literature:
Tourism : principles, practices, philosophies/ Robert W. McIntosh, Charles R. Goeldner, J.R. Brent Ritchie
Tourism : Principles and Practice / Chris Cooper...[et al.]

Databases for articles (available through Laurea Finna):
- ebrary
- ProQuest Central
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- EBSCOhost
- Emerald Journals (very good selection of journals)

Important dates

Please note that course consists of weekly meetings. Some of the meetings are on campus and some online.

Forms of internationality

Students will be working in international groups.

The study unit is suitable for exchange students.
Suitable for blended learning programme students

Student workload

One credit equals approximately 26.7 hours of work performed by the student.

Course consist of:
- weekly lectures (7x2,5hrs)
- Pre-assignment (individual)
- Course assignment (report incl. travel itinerary + presentation in small groups)
- Self and peer evaluation

Content and scheduling

The implementation schedule is visible to students in Pakki as implementation reservations.

There is a compulsory pre-assignment. Canvas course platform will be open two weeks before the first meeting. Course requires active attendance.

Further information for students

According to the degree regulations (section 18) “students must be present in the first contact session or notify their teacher in charge if they cannot attend. If they fail to notify the teacher of their absence in the first contact session, their enrollment will be rejected. Another student in the queue may be enrolled in the study unit in the place of the absent student.”

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

According to the degree regulations (section 18) “students must be present in the first contact session or notify their teacher in charge if they cannot attend. If they fail to notify the teacher of their absence in the first contact session, their enrollment will be rejected. Another student in the queue may be enrolled in the study unit in the place of the absent student.”