Single course
Cultural Tourism
Cultural tourism is one of the oldest sector in the tourism industry. This course aims to enhance your understanding of the international and national cultural tourism sector and its various aspects. The course contents help you to understand its significance related to tourism development.
Content
- Cultural tourism concepts and phenomena
- Cultural tourism nationally and internationally
- Special characteristics and strategic focus
- Cultural tourism actors and customers
- Cultural tourism services
- Ecological, economical and socio-cultural responsibility
Objectives
Cultural tourism is one of the oldest sector in the tourism industry. This course aims to enhance your understanding of the international and national cultural tourism sector and its various aspects. The course contents help you to understand its significance related to tourism development. The knowledge and skills gained from this course can be effectively utilized in your career plans and in various positions within the tourism industry.
Competences
Proactive development, Sustainable development, Tourism business
Learning objectives
You understand the importance of cultural tourism at the national and international levels. You are aware of national strategies and development policies that promote cultural themes. You possess an understanding of the various concepts, phenomena, and unique characteristics of cultural tourism, enabling you to analyse operations easily. You can identify different actors and operations within the cultural tourism industry. You also recognize the cultural motivators of travelers.
Implementation methods
Studing this course is based to independent reading and information search and individual assignments. Besides independent work the studying includes also online discussions In Moodle studying environment and few tutoring webinars to be participated.
Prerequisites
Basics in responsible tourism
Additional information
The course is virtual and is implemented in Moodle learning environment. The course is based on independent studying.
Studing this course is based to independent reading and information search and individual assignments. Besides independent work the studying includes also online discussions In Moodle studying environment and few tutoring webinars to be participated.
The course code is MT00CG50-3003. Use the code to view the course schedule at https://lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi. Please notice that fully online independent courses may not have set schedules in Lukkarikone.
Enrolling on open studies requires a Finnish personal identity number and strong identification.
Verify your identity in the Suomi.fi service or with HAKA credentials when you enroll. Otherwise, you will need either a valid passport or an EU ID card with a chip (according to the ICAO 9303 E-MRTD standard). In this case, please contact help.jamk.fi
Please notice that degree students in Jamk who have enrolled for attendance in are not eligible to enroll as Jamk Open UAS students (instead, enrolment in Peppi).
Read more about enrollment and study fees: https://www.jamk.fi/en/apply-to-jamk/jamk-open-university-of-applied-sc…
Further information concerning the enrollment: avoinamk@jamk.fi