| Code: TS117 |
Course Title: TOURISM PSYCHOLOGY |
Theoretical+Practice: 2+1 |
ECTS: 5 |
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| Year/Semester of Study |
1 / Fall Semester |
| Level of Course |
Short Cycle Degree Programme |
| Type of Course |
Compulsory |
| Department |
TOURISM AND TRAVEL SERVICES |
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites |
None |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to Face |
| Teaching Period |
14 Weeks |
| Name of Lecturer |
İREM BOZKURT (irembozkurt@nevsehir.edu.tr) |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
İREM BOZKURT, |
| Language of Instruction |
Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) |
None |
| Objectives of the Course |
| This course is designed to examine tourist psychology on an individual level, to understand tourist behaviors before and after travel, and to identify a perspective on consumer behavior and psychology in the tourism sector. In the context of the course, decision-making behavior, classical and applied learning, cultural influences, and reference group topics as well as the concepts of knowledge and participation, attention and comprehension, attitude and intention.
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| Learning Outcomes |
PO |
MME |
| The students who succeeded in this course: |
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| LO-1 |
Understand tourist psychology, look at their eyes |
PO-6 Easily apply the theoretical and practical knowledge obtained from school and internship practices.
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| LO-2 |
Tourist expectations and anticipations can be anticipated. |
PO-6 Easily apply the theoretical and practical knowledge obtained from school and internship practices.
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| LO-3 |
They can observe sectoral changes. |
PO-22 Follow vocational innovations and improve themselves constantly on a continued basis.
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PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
| Course Contents |
| To learn the motivational, cognitive and behavioral factors that affect the formation of tourism desire, and how to solve the interaction and problems that arise with the touristic environment, between tourists, tourist-local people and tourist officer relations.
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| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Basic Concepts of Tourism Psychology |
Narration, question-answer |
| 2 |
Tourist Behavior and Quality: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors |
Narration, question-answer |
| 3 |
Behaviors of Tourists |
Narration, question-answer |
| 4 |
Effects of Tourism on Social Life |
Narration, question-answer |
| 5 |
Tourist Motivations and Experiences |
Narration, question-answer |
| 6 |
Touristic Environment |
Narration, question-answer |
| 7 |
Tourist Experience |
Narration, question-answer |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
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| 9 |
Relationships Between Tourists |
Narration, question-answer |
| 10 |
Conflict in Tourist Clusters |
Narration, question-answer |
| 11 |
Tourist - Native Relations |
Narration, question-answer |
| 12 |
Factors Affecting Tourist - Native Relations |
Narration, question-answer |
| 13 |
Tourist-Officer Relations |
Narration, question-answer |
| 14 |
Tourist-Officer Relations |
Narration, question-answer |
| 15 |
General Repetition |
Narration, question-answer |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Rızaoğlu B., 2012, Turizm Davranışı, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara. |
| 2 |
Duran, E. ve Aslan, C. (2016). Turizmin Sosyal Psikolojik Dinamikleri. İstanbul: Paradigma Akademi. |
| 3 |
Duran, E. ve Aslan, C. (2016). Turizmin Sosyal Psikolojik Dinamikleri. İstanbul: Paradigma Akademi. |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
| projection, board, textbooks, supplementary books
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