Event Tourism (3cr)

Objective

Students will be able to organise a public event according to the official rules and instructions for arranging an event. They will be able to understand the significance of events as attractions in tourism and their economic importance in society.

Content

Defining the event and economic significance
Event concept and planning
Permits and official instructions
Implementation of the event
Ending and assessing the event
Sustainable development in event tourism

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students are able to independently and responsibly plan, arrange and generate ideas in practice on an audience based event from beginning to end with initiative and according the principles of sustainable development in line with official regulations governing such events. They are able to work to an excellent standard promoting as members their team's activities while taking other team members into account according to professional ethics. They are able to comprehensively analyse the significance of audience events as tourism attractions. They are also able to extensively and expertly justify the economic significance of events to society and their attraction factors.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students are able to independently plan and arrange from beginning to end an audience event in line with sustainable development and official regulations governing such events. They are able to work well as members of a team and take others into account in their work, justifying their activities in line with professional ethics. They are able to assess the significance of audience events as tourist attractions well and can justify the economic significance of such events to society and their attraction factors.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students are able to plan and arrange an audience event according to the principles of sustainable development from beginning to end in line with official regulations governing such events, with the aid of an extensive amount of supervision. They are able to work as members of a team to a satisfactory degree and can take others into consideration to a certain degree, working mostly according to professional ethics. They are able to satisfactorily assess the significance of audience events as a tourist attraction and can provide a brief overview of the economic significance of such events to society and their attraction factors.

Further information

T&K opintoja 2 op.