COURSE SYLLABUS

TOURISM ECONOMY

1	Course Title:	TOURISM ECONOMY
2	Course Code:	TOTS014
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Öğr.Gör. BETÜL DEMİR AKGÜL
16	Course Lecturers:	Meslek Yüksekokulları yönetim kurullarının görevlendirdiği öğretim elemanları
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Öğr. Gör. Betül DEMİR AKGÜL Tel: 0 224 757 6163 Mail: betuldemir@uludag.edu.tr İznik Meslek Yüksekokulu
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To gain the teaching of calculating the effects of tourism supply and demand on national income, employment and foreign currency input.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Understanding the effect of Tourist Guides, who are a representative of the tourism sector, on the growth and development of the country's economy.

Learning Outcomes:

1	They have the ability to handle tourism in terms of economic knowledge.;
2	They learn the tourism market structure.;
3	They learn the benefits of tourism.;
4	They determine economic problems in the tourism sector.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to Economics	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
2	Economic systems	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
3	Basic concepts of tourism	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
4	Economy and tourism relationship	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
5	Tourism supply and characteristics	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
6	Elasticity of supply in tourism	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
7	Tourism demand	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
8	Equilibrium price in the tourism market	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
9	Tourism supply meeting the tourism potential	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
10	Elasticity of demand in tourism	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
11	Demand curve and equilibrium price formation	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
12	Economic effects of tourism	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
13	Tourism and international competition	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations
14	Models for destination competition	Supporting the application of the subject with presentations

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Prof. Dr. Orhan İÇÖZ, Turizm Ekonomisi, Turhan Kitapevi, Ankara, 2005. Lecture notes
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	For the assessment and evaluation of the course, 1 midterm and 1 final exam are held. The effect of midterm exam on the raw success grade of the semester / year is 40% in total, and the effect of the semester / year-end exam on the raw success grade is 60%.
Information	Results are determined by the letter grade determined by the relative evaluation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High