Tourism Transportation, Sales and Reservation Services (5cr)

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Objective

The students will have an in depth understanding of the importance of passenger transport in the tourism cluster, also from the perspective of tourism service accessibility. They will gain proficiency in key sales and reservation services currently used in the tourism industry, including the principles of digital business operations.

Content

The significance of transport in terms of accessibility
Forms of transport: airplane, boat, train, road transport
Tourism service distribution systems and practitioners
Digital tourism business operations
The benefits of using social media

Location and time

The course is delivered as contact teaching during the autumn semester according to the timetable.

Materials

To be announced in the lectures

Teaching methods

The course consists of compulsory lectures accompanied by independent learning assignments and an exam in Reppu.

Exam schedules

Reppu Exam Week 50. Retake policy by Kamk guidelines

Completion alternatives

no

Student workload

The course requires approximately 135 hours of student work. Lectures make up 35 hours, and the remaining 100 hours are related to the assessed project work and the course exam. These amounts are indicative; the actual workload depends on the time the student spends on the tasks.

Further information

You must carefully follow the instructions provided for using AI for each task, in accordance with Arene’s AI recommendations. Misuse of AI, whether intentional or not, will result in failing the assignment or course and having to retake it, according to KAMK’s guidelines. A misconduct report will be completed for each incident.