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| ORML7441 | Tourism Management in Protected Areas | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Cantürk GÜMÜŞ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to manage tourism activities without harming to protected areas. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn principles of ecotourism practices in protected areas | 1,8,11 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | monitor and arrange the effects of tourism by learning principles of visitor management in protected areas | 1,8,11 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Main Concepts of Tourism and Protected Areas: Protected Area Tourism, National Park Tourism; Nature Base Tourism Types, Sustainable Tourism Policy; Tourism Opportunities of Protected Areas; Tourism Principles in Protected Areas; Tourism Planning in Protected Areas (Zonning, Visitor Management, Staff Management, Pricing, Implementing Standarts, Monitoring); Tourism Effects in Protected Areas; Sample Tourism Cases in Protected Areas. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Main Concepts of Tourism and Protected Areas: | | | Week 2 | Protected Area Tourism, | | | Week 3 | National Park Tourism; | | | Week 4 | Nature Base Tourism Types, | | | Week 5 | Sustainable Tourism Policy; | | | Week 6 | Tourism Opportunities of Protected Areas; | | | Week 7 | Tourism Principles in Protected Areas; | | | Week 8 | I. Midterm exam | | | Week 9 | Tourism Planning in Protected Areas (Zonning, Visitor Management) | | | Week 10 | Tourism Planning in Protected Areas (Staff Management, Pricing) | | | Week 11 | Tourism Planning in Protected Areas (Implementing Standarts, Monitoring) | | | Week 12 | Quizz | | | Week 13 | Tourism Effects in Protected Areas; | | | Week 14 | Sample Tourism Cases in Protected Areas. | | | Week 15 | Sample Tourism Cases in Protected Areas. | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Chawla,R. 2005. Protected Areas Tourism, Sonali Publication, New Delhi | | | 2 | Eagles, P.F.J., Mc Cool, S.F., Haynes,C.D., 2002, Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas: Guidelines for Planning and Management, IUCN Gland, Switzerland | | | |
| 1 | Ceballos- Lascurain, H.1996.Tourism, Ecotourism and Protected Areas, IUCN. | | | 2 | Stolton, S.,2010. Arguments for Protected Areas: Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use, World Wide Fund for Nature, edited by Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 29/03/2011 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 26/04/2011 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 24/05/2011 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Ödev | 3 | 10 | 30 | | Proje | 3 | 10 | 30 | | Total work load | | | 60 |
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