The historical development of the guidance, its effect on the sector, types of tours and groups, staff members and their characteristics, guidance legislation and case studies are explained.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
-Lecture notes, visual and audio narration and question-answer method
Principle Sources
TOURIST GUIDANCE
Asts. Prof. Seçkin ESER
Asts. Prof. Seda ŞAHİN
Prof. A. Celil ÇAKICI
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Short History of Travel and Guidance Development
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
2. Week
Professional Tourist Guide Training and organization in Turkey
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
3. Week
Tourist guide tasks
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
4. Week
Types of tour and group
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
5. Week
Members who took part in the tour.
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
6. Week
The place of tourist guide in tourism sector
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
7. Week
Midterm
8. Week
The Place of the Guides in the Tourism Sector
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
9. Week
Professional Tourist Guiding Regulation
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
10. Week
Turkey's history - places to be visited and the tour route
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
11. Week
Istanbul history - sightseeing places and tour route
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
12. Week
Turun Realization and Management
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
13. Week
Applied Tour Management
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
14. Week
Applied Tour Management
Visual and Audio Lecture. Question Answer Method
15. Week
Final Exam
16. Week
Final Exam
17. Week
Final Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
50
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Communicating with the Guest
PO-2
Making Accommodation Services in Professional Foreign Language and Providing Information to Guests.
PO-3
Managing Human Resources, Introducing Professional Ethics, Explaining the Principles of Hotel Management
PO-4
Explaining Basic Travel-Tourism Concepts, Introducing Tourism's Impact on Economy
PO-5
Guiding in the execution of the front office services, guest check in / check out the process, to carry out transactions, to carry out the transfer operations, to carry out the reporting operations
PO-6
Fulfilling the Obligations Regarding Tourism Legislation, Making Correspondence with the Ministry
PO-7
Preparing the floor for floor services, floor control, cleaning services in housekeeping
PO-8
Introducing the Coastal Region of Turkey, to promote Turkey's Central Regions
PO-9
Understanding Marketing in Tourism
PO-10
Applying Quality Management Systems, Developing Yourself Using IT Facilities
PO-11
First aid to the patient / injured in emergencies
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Explains the basic concepts of tourist guidance
LO-2
Legal arrangements in the field of travel services and tourist guidance are explained
LO-3
Know how to organize and present information about promotion, information, guidance, transportation, meeting-congress organization and other services provided by travel companies
LO-4
Professional standards in travel services and tourist guidance are explained