Information Package / Course Catalogue
Tourism Economy
Course Code: REH302
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to furnish the students with the concepts and methods of general economy and tourism economy, to improve their analysis and synthesis ability and their knowledge and skills on this subject.

Course Content

The financial and non-financial economic effects of tourism, tourism demand, tourism supply, the analysis methods of tourism demand and supply, the relation between tourism and and inflation and devaluation

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Hüseyin Erhan ALTUN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to employ the basic knowledge about economy and tourism economy,
2.To be able to identify the financial and non-financial effects of tourism,
3.To be able to analyze the situations in the industry,
4.To be able to inspect the effect of devaluation and inflation on tourism and to create solutions to minimize the negative effects of them
5.To be able to analyse tourism demand and to arise consciousness on the necessity of how to develop products according to demand.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Olalı, H. ve Timur, A. (1988). Turizm Ekonomisi. İzmir: Ofis Ticaret ve Matbaacılık.
2.İçöz, O., (2005), Turizm Ekonomisi, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Economics and Tourism Economics, International Tourism
Week 2 - Theoretical
Foreign payment balance effects of tourism
Week 3 - Theoretical
The income effect of tourism
Week 4 - Theoretical
The effects of tourism on investment, The added value effect of tourism
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tourisms effect on domestic prices, tourisms effects on governmental income and expences
Week 6 - Theoretical
Effects on employment, effects on industries, effects on infrastructure
Week 7 - Theoretical
Measuring the economic impact of tourism
Week 8 - Theoretical
Tourism supply
Week 9 - Theoretical
Supply elasticity in tourism
Week 10 - Theoretical
Tourism demand
Week 11 - Theoretical
Demand elasticity in tourism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Balance price in tourism industry
Week 13 - Theoretical
Tourism development and national economies
Week 14 - Theoretical
Tourism development and national economies
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading131013
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)72
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026