To present the national and international legal infrastructure shaping the contemporary tourism policies, investments and business relationships.
International tourism regulations, national legal provisions, tourism investment laws, governmental regulations, travel regulations, hotel-motel-yacht service provisions, legal issues in the sector
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Course Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
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1,2,3,11,12 |
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Course Flow
Week |
Topics |
Study Materials |
1 |
The sources of Tourism Law: Definitions, its position in the legal system, constitutional relations |
National and international sources |
2 |
Tourism Law and its relations with other branches of law; the reasoning for Tourism Law from the viewpoint of trade law |
Motivators, determinants |
3 |
Tourism in laws, regulations and rules |
Trade law |
4 |
Concepts in Tourism Law (tourism area, tourism geography, planning) |
Basic notions |
5 |
Types of agreements in Tourism Law |
Agreements |
6 |
The Tourism Incentives Law No. 2634 and its functions |
Tourism Incentives Law |
7 |
Allocations and arrangements for tourism purposes |
Allocation types |
8 |
General characteristics of tourism investments |
Investments |
9 |
Tourism incentives revisited (general provisions, specific provisions, special types of loans) |
Incentive schemes |
10 |
Tourism investment documents |
Investment documents |
11 |
Legal provisions regarding yacht tourism |
Yacht tourism |
12 |
Travel Agencies (A,B,C Groups), characteristics of contracts (especially package tours), Travel Agencies Union |
Travel agency |
13 |
Control of tourism firms and enforcement mechanisms |
Evaluation and control |
14 |
Consumer rights |
Consumer rights |
15 |
Final |
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Recommended Sources
Textbook |
Necip Boz, Ulvi Hocaoğlu: Turizm Hukuku, 3. baskı, 2008, Seçkin Yayıncılık. |
Additional Resources |
Material Sharing
Documents |
Class notes, presentations, cases |
Assignments |
Case analyses, term project assignment |
Exams |
Midterm, Final |
Assessment
IN-TERM STUDIES |
NUMBER |
PERCENTAGE |
Mid-terms |
1 |
50 |
Assignment |
1 |
50 |
Total |
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100 |
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE |
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40 |
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE |
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60 |
Total |
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100 |
COURSE CATEGORY |
Expertise/Field Courses |
Course’s Contribution to Program
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Program Learning Outcomes |
Contribution |
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To have a good understanding of the basic concepts in tourism and hotel management |
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To grasp and be aware of the regional, national and international dimensions of tourism and hotel management |
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x |
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3 |
To achieve a reasonable level of knowledge in the tourism and hospitality management on ethics, basic values, legislation and principles |
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x |
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4 |
To be aware of the specific dynamics of the service industry and learn the professional standards of perfection |
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x |
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To have a conducive character for teamwork, be a problem solver as well as show leadership capabilities and an ability to establish contact with specialists in other areas of interest |
x |
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To be fluent in verbal communication and writing capacities in at least two foreign languages. |
x |
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Be able to adapt to varying cultures and languages received from experienced professors equipped with international experience in professional and academic backgrounds |
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x |
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To have personal, humanitarian, technical, and behavioral capabilities. |
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x |
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To have coordinating capacities in interdisciplinary applications (i.e administration commerce, representation, aviation, logistics, etc.) |
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x |
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To be able to carry out qualitative and quantitative research methods in tourism and hospitality management for the completion of projects. |
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x |
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To understand the tourism and hospitality industry from professional, academic, technical, intellectual and cultural points of view. |
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x |
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To be able to evaluate concepts, ideas and data in the tourism sector with scientific methods, identify complicated problems and topics to analyze, and come up with solutions based on research and evidence. |
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x |
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To become an expert in one of the specialization areas of the tourism industry (i.e: congress and lodgings management, aviation management, gastronomy, social and humanitarian sciences) |
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x |
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ECTS
Activities |
Quantity |
Duration |
Total |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours) |
15 |
3 |
45 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) |
15 |
2 |
30 |
Mid-terms |
1 |
10 |
10 |
Homework |
1 |
10 |
10 |
Final examination |
1 |
15 |
15 |
Total Work Load |
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110 |
Total Work Load / 25 (h) |
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4,4 |
ECTS Credit of the Course |
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5 |