Tourism Management (DIT)

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The purpose of the program is to provide the theoretical and practical knowledge that ensures solid training for a professional career in the tourism labor market.

The program is interdisciplinary and promotes innovation and entrepreneurship in tourism—the largest sector of the Greek economy—contributing nearly 20% of domestic GDP.

A strategic objective of the School of Social Sciences at the Hellenic Open University (HOU) is for the “Tourism Management” program to become a benchmark and a driver of growth in distance tourism education. The program’s aims are to:

Advance the field of Tourism and its applications.
Educate and develop tourism professionals with both theoretical and practical knowledge.
Meet the needs of the tourism labor market.
Foster and promote research in the field of Tourism.

The main reasons justifying the need for a distance undergraduate program in Tourism Management are:

Demand in Greece for undergraduate studies in Tourism is particularly high.
Programs with comparable content and thematic focus are not offered via distance education by the country’s universities, thereby excluding access to knowledge for those already employed in the tourism sector who cannot be physically present on a daily basis during their studies.
Developing a modern and innovative Tourism Management curriculum enhances HOU’s competitiveness by completing the continuum of knowledge and skills from the undergraduate level to the postgraduate program “Strategic Management of Tourism Businesses and Destinations (DTE).”

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Upon successful completion of the “Tourism Management” program, graduates are expected to:

Possess a strong scientific foundation across subjects related to the management of tourism and of tourism enterprises/organizations.
Have developed the necessary knowledge and skills in Tourism and Tourism Enterprise/Organization Management to pursue careers in both the private and wider public sectors.
Understand the influences and interactions among economic conditions, financing opportunities, government policy, the business environment, and the tourism industry at national and international levels.
Have developed extensive knowledge of the interdisciplinary aspects of the tourism phenomenon that explain its nature and development at both microeconomic and macroeconomic levels.
Analyze the complexity of tourism’s economic dimension and its linkage to tourism development and policy at national, regional, and local levels.
Be able, as executives within enterprises and organizations, to contribute to the design and implementation of business strategies and tourism development policies, based on analysis of market factors and the broader political, economic, social, and technological environment.
Critically assess and select appropriate economic and statistical methods, as well as management techniques, to solve problems arising in the course of their duties in tourism enterprises and organizations.
Take initiatives to integrate both new technologies and organizational changes into their enterprises and organizations, in line with the evolving tourism environment.
Have developed the competencies and lifelong learning skills required for continuous professional development and for meeting the demands of related postgraduate studies, should they so wish.

Graduates of High Schools or holders of corresponding or similar secondary education degrees earned either abroad or in Greece.

Knowledge of a foreign language as well as familiarity with the use of computers, e-mail, and the Internet will significantly facilitate participation in the program.

The Programme of Studies lasts four (4) years divided into eight (8) semesters. The first seven (7) semesters comprise three (3) Modules of ten (10) credit units (ECTS) each. The eighth semester comprises seven (7) Modules of ten (10) ECTS credits each, of which students are invited to choose three (3).

The structure of the Programme by year and semester is as follows:

1st Year
1st Semester
DIT10 Quantitative Methods in Tourism Management	(C¹, 10 ECTS)
DIT11 Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT12 Hotel Enterprises and Services Management	(C, 10 ECTS)
2nd Semester
DIT21 Accounting for Tourism Enterprises	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT22 Information and Communication Technologies in Hospitality	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT13 Economics of Tourism Enterprises	(C, 10 ECTS)
2nd Year
3rd Semester
DIT31 Administration of Tourist Bodies and Organizations	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT32 Sociology of Tourism	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT33 Economics of Tourism	(C, 10 ECTS)
4th Semester
DIT23 Tourism Law	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT42 Transport in Tourism	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT43 Financial Management for Tourism Enterprises	(C, 10 ECTS)
3rd Year
5th Semester
DIT51 Tourism Geography	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT52 Research Methods in Tourism	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT53 Tourism Marketing	(C, 10 ECTS)
6th Semester
DIT61 Tourism Planning and Policy	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT62 Communication and Crisis Management in Tourism	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT63 Management and Human Resource Management for Tourism Enterprises	(C, 10 ECTS)
4th Year
7th Semester
DIT71 Tourism Development	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT72 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism	(C, 10 ECTS)
DIT73 Special and Alternative Forms of Tourism	(C, 10 ECTS)
8th Semester
DIT41 Events Management	(E², 10 ECTS)
DIT81 Culture and Tourism: Management and Promotion	(E, 10 ECTS)
DIT82 Environmental Management in Tourism	(E, 10 ECTS)
DIT83 Tourism Destination Management	(E, 10 ECTS)
DIT84 Distribution Channels for Tourism Products	(E, 10 ECTS)
DIT85 European Union and Tourism Policy	(E, 10 ECTS)
DIT86 E-business in Tourism	(E, 10 ECTS)

Notes:

C¹: Compulsory

E²: Elective

Module Selection Instructions

Students may choose from one (1) to three (3) Modules per semester. When selecting a Module for the first semester, it is recommended that students choose Modules DIT10 and DIT11, because these topics are useful in other Modules of the programme. If they do not have sufficient time to study the above two Modules, it is recommended that they choose DIT10. If they have enough time to choose a third Module in addition to the two Modules, they may choose DIT12 in addition to DIT10 and DIT11.

In the process of registering for a Module, the Modules of the previous semesters must be passed first and then the Modules of the next semester must be declared. For example, if students have successfully completed one (1) Module from the first semester and in the second semester they wish to select three (3) Modules, must necessarily register the remaining two (2) Modules from the first semester and one (1) from the second semester, and so on. In the eighth (8) semester, students must select three (3) Modules from DIT41, DIT81, DIT82, DIT83, DIT84, DIT85 and DIT86.

The minimum duration of the programme is four (4) years. In order for students to complete the programme in four academic years, they must select 3 Modules in each semester of study.

In order to obtain the degree, the student must successfully complete 24 Modules of the programme.

DIRECTOR of the PROGRAMME of STUDIES

Koumanakos Evangelos, Associate Professor
e-mail: koumanakos@eap.gr
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THEMATIC UNIT COORDINATORS

DIT10	CHALIKIAS	MILTIADIS	chalikias.miltiadis@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT11	MAVRAGANI	ELENI	mavragani.eleni@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT12	BELIAS	DIMITRIOS	belias.dimitrios@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT13	TSAKIRIS	NIKOLAOS		Brief CV
DIT21	KOUMANAKOS	EVANGELOS	koumanakos@eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT22	SERGOPOULOS	KONSTANTINOS		Brief CV
DIT23	KOUMANAKOS	EVAGELOS	koumanakos@eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT31	MARINAKOS	KONSTANTINOS	marinakos.konstantinos@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT32	KURIAKAKI	ANNA		Brief CV
DIT33	MENEGAKI	ANGELIKI	amenegaki@aua.gr	Brief CV
DIT41	STILIDIS	DIMITRIOS		Brief CV
DIT42	POULAKI	IOULIA	poulaki.ioulia@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT43	SOGIAKAS	VASILEIOS		Brief CV
DIT51	PAPAGEORGIOU	MARILENA	papageorgiou.marilena@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT52	MICHAILIDIS	ANASTASIOS	michailidis.anastasios@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT53	NELLA	ATHINA		Brief CV
DIT61	VLAMI	AIMILIA		Brief CV
DIT62	MYLONA	IFIGENIA		Brief CV
DIT63	SIACHOU	EVAGGELIA		Brief CV
DIT71	KAUKA	KYRIAKI		Brief CV
DIT72	KOUMANAKOS	EVAGGELOS	koumanakos@eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT73	KOUMANAKOS	EVAGGELOS	koumanakos@eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT81	SKOULTSOS	SOFOKLIS		Brief CV
DIT82	KOUMANAKOS	EVAGGELOS	koumanakos@eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT83	SARANTAKOU	EYTHIMIA		Brief CV
DIT84	KONTIS	ALEXIOS PATAPIOS		Brief CV
DIT85	KOUMANAKOS	EVAGGELOS	koumanakos@eap.gr	Brief CV
DIT86	TRICHAS	NIKOLAOS	trichas.nikolaos@ac.eap.gr	Brief CV