Changing tourism and hospitalityLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the starting points and basic concepts of foresight and future thinking.
You know megatrends, trends and silent signals in the tourism and hospitality industry.
You can describe the future development prospects of the tourism and hospitality industry.
You can acquire and produce future information on changes in the operating environment using different methods of foresight.
You are able to make use of future knowledge in the development of the field.

Content

What are the starting points and key concepts of foresight and future thinking?
What are the key tourism and hospitality industry related megatrends, trends and silent signals?
What are the prospects for the tourism and hospitality industry?
How do you produce future information on changes in the operating environment?
How do you use future knowledge in the development of the tourism and hospitality field?

Accomplishment methods

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b. assess information sources critically.
c. work as team members in work-related expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d. choose appropriate models and methods according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.