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Destination Development (3 cr)

Code: AL00CN09-3003

General information

Enrollment

20.11.2023 - 12.01.2024

Timing

01.01.2024 - 30.06.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management (LAB)

Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Teachers

  • Ilkka Lehtola

Scheduling groups

  • Luennot 1 (Size: 50. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • LLABTO23-24E
    Complementary competence (Bachelor's) 2023-2024, Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management
  • LLPRHOMA23S
    Bachelor's Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management 23S Lappeenranta
  • LLPREX24KH
  • LLPRHOMA22S
    Bachelor's Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management 22S Lappeenranta

Small groups

  • Lecture 1

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- understand what is tourism destination and what could make them successful
- analyze key issues of destination eg. destination attractions and elements, stakeholders and operators (public and commercial), coordination and management of the destination
- find out current documents from destination´s development plans, point out planned actions and make conclusion from the intended actions

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lectures, exercises/case studies, course assignment
Registration and acceptance to courses. Students secure their place by attending the initial lesson or by submitting the first learning assignment (=exercise 1) within given deadline.

Timing and attendance

Course kick-off (to be informed later)
Registration and acceptance to course: Students secure their place by attending the initial lesson or by submitting the first learning assignment (=exercise 1) within given deadline.

Learning material and recommended literature

Material available on moodle learning platform

Learning environment

Combination of classroom teaching and independent studies

Student time use and work load

Lectures, case-studies, assignment, individual distant learning

Contents

Definitions and basic elements of the tourism destination, types of tourism vs. destination, destination stakeholders, products of the destination, destination management issues, challenges, seasonality in tourism

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Pre -requirements: Completed course "Basics of Tourism" or comparable knowledge

Assessment scale

1-5