Postgraduate Diploma in International Tourism Management
Auckland University of Technology
About this program
Study the Postgraduate Diploma in International Tourism Management and in as little as one year you develop an advanced understanding of current issues facing the tourism industry.
The tourism industry is the world's largest industry and employs more people than any other industry on a global scale. It's a vital source of foreign exchange earnings and job creation. Domestic tourism is also vital to the economy - by some measures it is bigger than international tourism.
If you have completed an undergraduate tourism programme and want to study more advanced papers, you can enrol in this one-year postgraduate diploma. This programme also suits industry professionals who want to enhance their skills.
The Postgraduate Diploma in International Tourism Management consists of 120 points of tourism papers.
Through a variety of specialised papers, you'll enhance your knowledge and perception of tourism as both a discipline and an industry.
Complete 120 points from
- HOSP802 Financial Management in Hospitality: A Strategic Approach
- HOSP804 Power, People and Profit: Contemporary Issues in Hospitality and Tourism Employment
- TOUR801 Management and Entrepreneurship in Tourism
- TOUR802 Tourism in Coastal and Marine Environments
- TOUR803 Tourism in Asia
- TOUR804 Tourist Experiences and Consumer Perspectives
- TOUR805 The South Pacific and Tourism
- TOUR806 Contemporary Topics in Tourism
- TOUR807 Special Topic I
- TOUR808 Special Topic II
- TOUR810 Directed Reading
Career opportunities
- Senior management level positions in tourism
- Research
Admission requirements
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