ITM Bachelor 1. Sem
8029: Introduction International Tourism Management
           

Mo. 14.00-15.30 h Audi II

4 SWS Lecture, splitted in
2  SWS Prof. W.G. Arlt and 2 SWS Prof. B. Eisenstein

For this part (Arlt):
Workload: 30 h classroom work / 30 h  self-study (Seminar)

ECTS points:  2

Course organisation: Lecture, at the end of each class a "Think about it" assignment to be discussed at the beginning of the following class

Examination: Written Examination (Klausur) 60 min. Arlt part, 60 min. Eisenstein part

For 1st semester, examination questions will be provided in Deutsch and English, answers can also be given in Deutsch or English (not mixed!). From 2nd semester my courses will have examinations only in English.

All information given in this lecture is available here (www.arlt-lectures.com) for download.

Please check the homepage of the website regularly for announcements about time changes etc.

Course organisation:

Introduction Arlt:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt

  Tourism Scientist.
  Born in West-Berlin 1957, married to Swiss novelist, no kids
  Since 2007 living in Meldorf (cultural capital of Dithmarschen, located south of Heide)
  Studies in Berlin, Taiwan, Hong Kong
  M.A. Sinology, PhD Political Sciences FU Berlin
  

  Former owner of specialized tour operator companies
  (Outbound/Inbound East Asia-Europe)
  Consultant for European companies (mainly Transport, Logistics) in China
  Organizer of fairs and exhibitions in East Asia and in Europe
  Publisher, bookseller, journalist
  

  Since 1997 lecturer (Intercultural Management, Tourism) in Europe and East Asia
  Since 2002 professor for Leisure and Tourism Management

  Research Fellow of Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo)
  Research Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Study and Training of Leisure of
   Zhejiang University (Hangzhou/China)
  Fellow of Royal Geographical Society (London) FRGS
  Director of China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI) 
  Vice-Director of IMT Institute for Management and Tourism 
  Adjunct professor at Yanbian University of Science and Technology (Yanji/China)
  Visiting professor at Ningbo University (Ningbo/China)
  Visiting professor at University of Sunderland (Sunderland/UK)

  Since February 2007 professor for Tourism Economics at FHW
  Since August 2008 member of Senate and Convent of FHW
 

  Office at FHW: Business Tower, Second floor 2.018,
  Tel. -513, email: arlt@fh-westkueste.de
  Consultation hour during teaching period: Mo 16-17 h

 Teaching website: www.arlt-lectures.com

Introduction Participants:

 - Students from which countries are participating?
 - Who finished an apprenticeship in a tourism related field?
 - Who has more than one year working experience in tourism?
 - Who plans to do a Master or PhD after the Bachelor program?
 - Who has already a clear idea what job s/he wants to have after
    finishing her/his studies at FHW?
 - Who plans to start his/her own company within the next 10 years?

 - To which countries have you travelled already?

Create your own visited map of The World

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countriesamericas.jpg

countriesasia.jpg

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World touristiness map: World map color-coded by level of touristiness, based on analysis of photos on Panoramio. Yellow indicates high touristiness, red medium touristiness, and blue low touristiness. Areas having no Panoramio photos at all are grey. The analysis takes into account how many photos and by how many authors there are in a given area.

Fotos taken by tourists (red) and locals (blue) in Paris

 - Which tourism products have you experienced yourself already (extramural studies list)?

HARDCOPY

  Contact: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS
Bachelor and Master Program International Tourism Management
arlt@fh-westkueste.de, Office 2.018, Tel. 0481 8555-513
Consultation hours (during lecture period): Monday 16.00 - 17.00 h