Course
| code | BM431 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Feasibility Studies of Hospitality and Tourism |
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| prequisites | None |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | This course introduces students to investment projects, their major types and the public and private sector projects. It states the concept of project evaluation. In addition, it addresses national and sectoral planning and individual projects, project preparation and evaluation. It tackles basic information needed for project evaluation, evaluation of an investment project. Topics include employment effect, distribution effect, international competitiveness, and implications of infrastructure, environmental applications and evaluation summery. Then, it provides students with methods of calculating net present value, internal rate of return, payback period and average rate of return. The students apply these calculations on the field of hotels and tourism. |
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| objectives | Distinguish between several investment projects
Apply methods of project evaluation.
Collect basic information needed for project.
Differentiate between the public and private sector projects. |
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| objective set | bullets |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
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Description |
| 1 |
Nature of Investment Projects
Definition of investment projects
Major types of investment projects
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| 2 |
The Project Planning Process
National and sectoral planning
Individual projects
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| 3 |
Ownership of Projects
Public sector projects
Private sector projects
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Evaluation of an Investment Project
Commercial profitability
Investment profitability analysis
Financial analysis
National profitability
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Project Evaluation
Concept of project evaluation
Basic information needed for evaluation
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Internal Impact
Employment effect
Distribution effect
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Project Preparation
Methods of project preparation
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| 8 |
External Impact
International competitiveness
Environmental application
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| 9 |
Evaluation Summary
Conclusion of the project
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