Understanding and Developing Educational Tourism from Russia to Finland
Tenitskaya, Yulia (2015)
Tenitskaya, Yulia
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015111816796
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015111816796
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This Bachelor’s thesis focuses on researching educational tourism from Russian degree stu-dents’ point of view and sources of information which Russian students and applicants utilize. The research paper intends to compare the educational systems of two partner countries Fin-land and Russia, aiming to uncover main tendencies in educational tourism from Russia to Fin-land. The thesis is also a project with an aim to research the motivation of Russian students as well as difficulties in a process of finding information about education in Finland. Providing analyzed data to the Centre for International Mobility CIMO in Helsinki for them to improve implementing the information about education in Finland in Russian language is another pur-pose of the study. In the process of writing the thesis, different sources of information were used. Among them are books, articles, web pages, and statistical data on the chosen topic.
The theoretical part of the thesis consists of a review of several definitions of tourism, educa-tion and learning, and educational tourism as well as illustrates the brief history of educa-tional tourism. The study also presents the relationship between tourism and education, mo-tivation for educational tourism and gives a comparison of educational systems of Finland and Russia. The thesis also gives prospects for the development of educational tourism. No previ-ous research on the topic was found, at least in Theseus.
Quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in the thesis. A questionnaire relat-ed to the topic of the thesis was made. It was sent to a number of Russian degree students in Finland. Statistical information of the Centre for International Mobility CIMO in Helsinki and Statistics Finland was analyzed as well. The data for the study was collected during spring 2015.
The results of the research indicate that the geographical location affect the availability of the information about studying in Finland. Only those applicants who live close to the Finnish border have an unlimited access to the information. The results also show that during the process of applying for a Degree Program and moving to Finland, as well as after arriving in Finland, applicants faced difficulties of all sorts. A list of the main steps to moving to Finland for the purpose of studying was made by the author in order to help the applicants to obtain all the needed information in one source.
The theoretical part of the thesis consists of a review of several definitions of tourism, educa-tion and learning, and educational tourism as well as illustrates the brief history of educa-tional tourism. The study also presents the relationship between tourism and education, mo-tivation for educational tourism and gives a comparison of educational systems of Finland and Russia. The thesis also gives prospects for the development of educational tourism. No previ-ous research on the topic was found, at least in Theseus.
Quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in the thesis. A questionnaire relat-ed to the topic of the thesis was made. It was sent to a number of Russian degree students in Finland. Statistical information of the Centre for International Mobility CIMO in Helsinki and Statistics Finland was analyzed as well. The data for the study was collected during spring 2015.
The results of the research indicate that the geographical location affect the availability of the information about studying in Finland. Only those applicants who live close to the Finnish border have an unlimited access to the information. The results also show that during the process of applying for a Degree Program and moving to Finland, as well as after arriving in Finland, applicants faced difficulties of all sorts. A list of the main steps to moving to Finland for the purpose of studying was made by the author in order to help the applicants to obtain all the needed information in one source.