Course title:
Course No./Code
School Year & Semester
Name of Faculty Member
Department & College
Course Description
Principle of Tourism 1( Introduction to Tourism Theory)
Tour 1
This course will cover specific dimension of tourism industry, the
student will develop knowledge and understanding of the history of tourism
through the years and define
connected
with tourism movement and
services also to understand how tourism is organized and to get to know
what organization are involve in tourism organization and management,
also student will understand the people behaviour and its connection with
tourism and also they will understand the tourism demand and supply, factor
that make
tourism such big business, student will know
the branches
connected with tourism and possibilities for finding job in this area they
were able to prepare a tourist stay at the destination and student will learn
about carriers to find the proper job for them and also they will learn to
adjust the tourist offer to tourists’ needs and lastly student will learn to get
the appropriate attitude to tourism branch.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
1. To develop knowledge and understanding of the history of tourism and
seeing how it was increasing through the years.
2. To get to know about the terms and definitions connected with tourism
movement services.
3. To see how tourism is organized.
4. To get to know what organizations are involve in tourism organization
and management.
5. To understand people behaviour and its connection with tourism.
6. To understand tourist demand and supply.
7. To get to know what factors make tourism such big business.
8. To get to know the branches connected with tourism and possibilities
for finding job in this area.
9. To be able to prepare a tourist offer according to tourists’ needs and
wants.
10. To be able to organize the tourists’ stay at the destination.
11. To adjust students’ knowledge about carriers to find the proper job.
12. To adjust the tourist offer to tourists’ needs.
13. To get the appropriate attitude to tourism branch.
Course Format
The lectures include class discussion, study cases connected with the
topic, summarizing the articles from tourist newspapers, copied documents,
presentations leaded by the lecturer. There are also used other teaching
methods as brainstorm and quizzes.
Course Requirements
Midterm/Final Exam -40%
Attendance
-10%
Quizzes
-10%
Class Participation
-20%
Assignment/Project
- 20%
100%
Course Content:
DAY: 1
1. Presentation and Discuss the following:
 Present the teacher name:
Discussion
of
the
 Student will tell about their self.
Course
Syllabus
 Course title.
[Course
Outcomes,
 Course number.
Content, Requirements,
 Course description.
Policies, Criteria for
 Course outcomes.
Grading, Etc.]
 Course format.
 Course requirements/ grading system.
 Class policies [cell phone are in silent mode & vibrate mode
etc.]
2.
Palawan State
University [Vision and
 Write the PSU Vision, Mission, and its Objective.
Mission]
 Think and synthesize PSU Vision, Mission and its Objective.
DAY: 2
 To the student: what is Tourism?
1. Introduction to the
 Who are involved in “Tourism”?
Tourism
 Any other idea about “Tourism”?
 Why tourism is the world’s largest industry?
 Teacher Response to student: like you said before guys,
“Tourism is about travelling from one to another place; it’s
either for business, seminar, conference, leisure, visiting
friends, relatives and etc.
2.
HISTORY OF TOURISM

The Empire Era.

The middle Ages
and the
Renaissance Era.

The Grand Tour
Era.

The Mobility Era.


Teacher: directed the student to count 1-5.

Student will group themselves according to the number they
get. [lahat ng #1,2,3,4,5 sama-sama],

Report hand-out will give by the teacher.

Each member of the group will need to participate to do the
presentation. By collaborate to each other, sharing ideas and
tough.

Student will select one of their members of their group to
discuss the presentation.

Presentation must be at least not less than 15 slides.


Ask the student about any idea “ on tourism”
Teacher: discuss the definition of tourism?

Teacher ask the student:
Why do people travel?

Explain the different forms of tourism.
Type of tourism & form of tourism

Discuss the basic approaches of the tourism.
The Modern Era.
DAY : 3
1.
Definitions
Tourism.
of
2. Forms of Tourism
DAY : 4
1. Study Approach:
basic approaches to the
study of tourism.
2. Philippines and
tourism: how does it
look like in
Philippines?
DAY : 5
Tourism
and
the
Philippines – tourism
policy of Asia
DAY: 6
Different modes of
transportation used in
tourism (air transport,
land-based transport,
water transport)