Sustainable Development of Tourism Destination (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Week 3: Introduction, Assignments, Destination theory
Group work: Form your team and choose your destination

Week 4: Meeting the teams + discussing the process
Group work: Work with your team on the destination assignment

Week 5: Presentation of the destination to the supervisors
Group work: Work with your team on the destination assignment

Week 6: Destination theory session + discussion
Group work: Make a destination visit with your team (and report it)

Week 7: Destination presentation to everyone (give oral feedback to your opponent group)
Group work: Give written feedback to your opponent group

Week 8: Winter holiday – no classes

Week 9: Feedback and coaching session
Group work: Organise a feedback and working session with your team. Practice your presentation

Week 10: Final presentations
Group work: Give feedback to your opponent group

Week 11: Reflection
Group work: Complete the HH official course feedback

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

This course is blended. Cases, projects and assignments. Demonstration of competence as recognition of prior learning, contact competence councelling teacher Niina Moilanen.
For more information see Haaga-Helia student pages Recognition of Learning

Descriptions of implementation methods can be found in Haaga-Helia's website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/implementation-types

You can complete the course unit by demonstrating or by Work&Study even if the course unit doesn't have DEMO or WORKSTUDY implementations. More information about recognition of learning at Haaga-Helia's website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning

Intro

Do you want to become a global change agent? With this course you can increase your knowledge on sustainable development of tourism destinations and make a deep impact!

Materials

Material provided in Moodle

Teaching methods and instruction

Lectures
Presentations
Visits
Group work
Individual assignments

Working life connections

The topic, context and examples are industry-related.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

-

Internationality

The topic, materials and examples are international.

Learning assignments

Process and development of change agency competences 50 %:

Benchmarking report: 25 %
Participation in the process and its milestones (Oral and written feedback given): 25 %

Final DMO consultancy project presentation 50 %.

Assessment methods

Process and development of change agency competences 50 %:

Benchmarking report: 25 %
Participation in the process and its milestones (Oral and written feedback given): 25 %

Final DMO consultancy project presentation 50 %.