Well-being tourism (5 cr)
Code: AV00DW65-3001
General information
- Timing
- 26.10.2020 - 20.12.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Vanha_Open UAS and Continuing Education (vanhettu)
- Campus
- Ecampus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Open University of Applied Sciences
- Teachers
- Marjut Kasper
- Teacher in charge
- Marjut Kasper
- Groups
-
AVKKDIPLTOURISM19SAvoin AMK, LT ja MRNY, tourism and business management
- Course
- AV00DW65
Objective
What is the key terminology in well-being tourism? What is Finland’s well-being tourism strategy, mission and vision? What is the significance of art and culture in well-being tourism? What is the role of food in well-being tourism? How do you utilize technology? How do you design, produce and evaluate products and services in this sector?
Study forms and methods
You can use professional terminology of well-being tourism, understand cultural differences between well-being, wellness and medical tourism. You are able to identify the meaning of the culture, the importance of food and nutrition for well-being and utilize the know-how in well-being tourism. You can identify some measuring technologies of well-being tourism and the possibilities to piggyback on technology in well-being tourism. You learn how to design, produce and evaluate experience-based well-being products and services together with enterprises of this field
Course part description
What is the key terminology in well-being tourism?
What is the goal of well-being tourism and differences between wellness and medical tourism?
What are the effects of culture and food in well-being tourism?
How do you utilize the technology in well-being tourism?
How do you design, produce and evaluate products and services for well-being tourism?
Evaluation scale
1-5