Marketing with International Tourism Management with Professional Practice Year - University of Bedfordshire

The BSc Marketing with International Tourism Management course aims to enable you to develop the necessary skills for, and knowledge, practice and understanding of, the tourism industry. You will become a self-directed, self-regulated reflexive learner, using an awareness of opportunities for careers or further study in the tourism industry. With a good grounding in business and marketing the course offers students an industry focus in tourism management with good employment opportunities across a range of employment opportunities in both marketing and tourism roles This inter-disciplinary course combines key subject areas of business, marketing and tourism management in a practice-oriented way that allows you to develop a deep theoretical understanding and practical knowledge of tourism marketing and management where you will: • Benefit from a course that opens up career opportunities as a business and conference organiser, outdoor activities/education manager, theme park marketing manager, tourist information centre manager, travel agency manager, tour operator marketing manager, hotel and leisure marketing manager, and offers access to a wide choice of further study. • Learn essential skills for careers in the tourism industry, in a department with close links to local tourism, hospitality and business organisations. • Study areas including: intercultural management in tourism, tourism and society, critical issue in tourism and hospitality, business practice, marketing, consumer behaviour and marketing communications through a combination of classroom-based learning and fieldwork activities. • Gain additional insights through field trips to local and international organisations facilitated by your Department. • Explore the relevant theory and research areas and learn how to apply them through practice, when you will work on real-life briefs and case studies