The purpose of the course is to gain knowledge and skills towards theories and industrial practices in terms of risk and crisis management through considering crises within the context of risks which both can be categorized as internal and external factors that tourism business/destinations have undergone.

Generally, information will be given about risks, risk types, risk analysis, relationships of risks and crises, the concept of crisis and crises types, crisis management, risks and crises in tourism business/operators/destinations, reactive and proactive approaches toward crises, consequences/outcomes of crises, strategies to overcome crises.