| Language of Instruction | Türkçe | 
                    
                        | Course Type | Required Courses | 
                    
                        | Course Instructor(s) | DOÇ. DR. İNCİ OYA COŞKUN | 
                    
                        | Mode of Delivery | The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face | 
                    
                        | Prerequisites | None | 
                    
                        | Courses Recomended | Students who are taking/are going to take this course are recommended to take Travel Agencies and Tour Operators as well. | 
                    
                        | Recommended Reading List | Tour Planning and Management (AÖF Publ, Editr: Prof.Dr. Oktay Emir)Yale, Pat (1995). The Business of Tour Operations, Essex: Longman.Fay, Betsy (1992). Essentials of Tour Management. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Boniface, Brian G. & Chris Cooper (2005). Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism. 4th ed., Amsterdam: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann. | 
                    
                        | Assessment methods and criteria | 2 Midterm exams (written) and 1  Final exam (written) are given. Students are required to get a grade over DD which will be determined by the class average. | 
                    
                        | Work Placement | N/A | 
                    
                        | Catalog Content | Basic Concepts in Tour Planning; Types and Characteristics of Tours: Inclusive tour, Types and characteristics of inclusive tours; Characteristics of Tour Demand: Tourism demand and inclusive tour demand; Agreements with Suppliers: Decision-making processes and Models of industrial buying; Tour Operations: Operation processes of different tour types; Tour Costs: Factors affecting costs in tour operations, Cost elements, Cost calculation; Pricing of Tours: Pricing methods, Cost-based pricing; Marketing of Tours: Market research, Market segmentation and target market selection, Positioning. |