Arctic Tourism and Responsible Hospitality (5op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Tavoitteet

Multicultural Tourism and Hospitality
Multidimensional Hospitality (theme)
The student gets an overall picture of tourism as a global phenomenon and familiarises him/herself into the sustainable and responsible tourism business in the Arctic Europe. He/she adopts a hospitable and customer-oriented way of thinking. He/she gets a view of the tourism industry from the perspective of Arctic destinations and is able to see safety issues as a significant factor in the sustainable and responsible tourism business.

Sisältö

The student
- is familiar with the opportunities and challenges of global tourism and different types of tourism and their versatile impacts
- understands the challenges and potential of the Arctic tourism and its impacts in regional and local contexts especially from geographical and cultural view points
- adopts multidisciplinary and cross-border thinking
- adopts a customer-oriented, and hospitable way of thinking
- understands the importance of safety issues as part of sustainable and responsible tourism business in the arctic
- sustainability and responsibility issues to a broader scale

Aika ja paikka

Online and face-to-face contact lessons. Visits to Arktikum and a local handicraft tourism Company, if it is save due to COVID-19.

Oppimateriaalit

The list of the reading materials is updated on yearly basis. Each student will familiarise oneself in approx. 5-6 book chapters/journal articles in addition to other materials, e.g. lecture and/or web-based materials during the study unit.

Brotherton, B. 199. Towards a definitive view of the nature of hospitality
and hospitality management. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 11 Iss 4 pp. 165 - 173

García-Rosell, J. C., Hakkarainen, M., Koskinen M., Paloniemi, P., Syrjälä, N., Tekoniemi-Selkälä, T. & Vähäkuopus, M. 2013. Barents Tourism Action Plan. Rovaniemi: Lapland University Consortium. Read only pp. 6-8, 15-17, 21-23, 25, 28-29

García-Rosell, J.C., Hakkarainen, M., Ilola, H., Paloniemi, P., Tekoniemi-Selkälä, T., Vähäkuopus M. 2013. Interregional Tourism Cooperation: Experiences from the Barents.: Lapland University Consortium. Read only Chapter 6. Rovaniemi

Mason Peter 2016. Tourism impacts, planning and management. Read only pp 27 – 52
http://www.mu.edu.et/iphc/images/liblary/Heritage/Heritage_Culture_and_Tourism/Tourism_Impacts_Planing__devet.pdf
• if the link does not open, please make a google search with the author´s name and the book name

WWF Panda organization. Linking tourism and conservation in the Arctic. http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_tourism_conservation.pdf

Other materials related to current issues.

Opetusmenetelmät

The student gets an overall picture of tourism as a global phenomenon and familiarises him/herself into the sustainable and responsible tourism business in the Arctic Europe. He/she adopts a hospitable and customer-oriented way of thinking and is able to see safety issues as a significant factor in tourism.
The student
• is familiar with the opportunities and challenges of global tourism and different types of tourism and their versatile impacts
• understands the challenges and potential of the Arctic tourism and its impacts in regional and local contexts especially from geographical and cultural view points
• adopts multidisciplinary and cross-border thinking
• ado pts a customer-oriented, and hospitable way of thinking
• understands the importance of safety issues as part of sustainable and responsible tourism business in the arctic
• sustainability and responsibility issues to a broader scale

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

Visits to Arktikum and a local tourism company

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

The calculations of learning resources is given in the beginning of the study unit.
5 ECTS=133 h

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

These are the general assessment criteria. Please note that there might be more specific assessment criteria for learning assignments which will be given at the beginning of the study unit.

Fail (0)
The student does not complete the assignments according to instructions or does not attend the learning situations at all. He/she does not pass the assignments and/or the exam as required.

Poor (1)
The student knows facts about the Arctic regions and the operating environments vaguely. He/she is capable of cross-border and multidisciplinary thinking through examples. The student has very little understanding of Arctic tourism as a glocal phenomenon and can see its impacts in regional and local contexts only partly. He/she has limited understanding of the importance of hospitality and hostmanship in the tourism and hospitality business and has very limited capability of applying them in practice. The student has many challenges in performing the assignments according to the instructions.

Satisfactory (2)
The student knows basic facts about the Arctic regions and the operating environments. He/she is capable of cross-border and multidisciplinary thinking through examples. The student has some understanding of Arctic tourism as a glocal phenomenon but cannot see its impacts in regional and local contexts very clearly. He/she understands the importance of hospitality and hostmanship in the tourism and hospitality business but has limited capability of applying them in practice. The student has challenges in performing the assignments according to the instructions.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

Good (3)
The student has good knowledge of the Arctic regions and the operating environments. He/she can apply multidisciplinary and cross-border thinking in his/her own actions well. The student has good understanding of Arctic tourism as a glocal phenomenon and knows its impacts in regional and local contexts. The student knows well how to take hospitality and hostmanship into consideration in the tourism and hospitality business. All the assignments are performed mostly according to the instructions.

Very good (4)
The student has very good knowledge of the Arctic regions and the operating environments. He/she applies multidisciplinary and cross-border thinking in his/her own actions very well. The student understands on a very good level Arctic tourism as a glocal phenomenon and its impacts in regional and local contexts. The student is able to understand very well the importance of hospitality, hostmanship and can apply them in the tourism and hospitality related operations. All the assignments are performed mostly according to the instructions.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Excellent (5)

The student has profound and excellent knowledge of the Arctic regions and the operating environments. He/she applies multidisciplinary and cross-border thinking in his/her own actions in an excellent manner. The student understands fully Arctic tourism as a glocal phenomenon and its impacts in regional and local contexts. The student is able to understand completely the importance of hospitality and hostmanship and can apply them in the tourism and hospitality related operations. All the assignments are performed according to the instructions.

Esitietovaatimukset

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