Information Package / Course Catalogue
Third Age Tourism
Course Code: STU508
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Main subjects of the course are; Age and Aging terms, Cognitive and Chronologic age terms, Types of disabilities of age groups, Types of the elders , Travel behaviours and motivations of the elders, travel options for the elders, Relationship between the elders and the accessible tourism, İmportance of the elders in health tourism, Situation of the third age tourism in Turkey and the wolrd, Sustainability in the third age tourism

Course Content

Teaching relationship that exist between the elders and the tourism sector and also gainining better ability for servicing to the elders.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Funda ODUNCUOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Recognize the elder people and the diferrences between types of the elders.
2.Be able to understand travel behaviours of the elder tourists.
3.Be able to evaluate general situations of the third age turism in Turkey
4.Be able to understand motivation of the elder tourists.
5.Be able to evaluate general situations of the third age turism in the World
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Woog L., Analysis of the Best Ager Market for the Tourism Industry, Grin Verlag, 2007. Germany
2.2. MCGUIRE, F.A., BOYD, R.K. ve TEDRICK, R.E., Leisure and Aging: Ulyssean Living in Later Life, 3rd edn.2004, Illinois.
3.3. COHEN, G.D., The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life, HarperCollins Edt.,2000, New York.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course aims and goals
Week 2 - Theoretical
Definition and classification of elderliness
Week 3 - Theoretical
Issues of the elders
Week 4 - Theoretical
Chronogical and cognitive age terms&Third age tourism trend in the world
Week 5 - Theoretical
interdisciplinary approach to third age tourism
Week 6 - Theoretical
Elder people and their relationship with tourism sector
Week 7 - Theoretical
Segmentation of the elder people depent on tourism types
Week 8 - Theoretical
Main Features of Third Age Tourism
Week 9 - Theoretical
Travel motivation of the elder people
Week 10 - Theoretical
Importance of the third age tourism into the health tourism
Week 11 - Theoretical
Relationship between the Accessible tourism and the Third age tourism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Relationship between the Accessible tourism and the Sustainable tourism
Week 13 - Theoretical
Situation of the third age tourism in Turkey and the world.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Legislations, rules and social policies related with the third age tourism
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Midterm Examination1131124
Final Examination1131124
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)146
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
4
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
4
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026