
BA (Hons) Business Management (Tourism)
Course overview
Do you have a passion for travel and sharing exciting experiences with likeminded people from around the world? Our BA (Hons) Business Management (Tourism) course allows you to explore your own management and leadership potential, while getting a grasp of the bigger picture across the tourism sector to help you launch a successful career as a tourism professional. Today, the tourism industry requires qualified graduates who can create and lead successful businesses that will support sustainable tourism in challenging global circumstances.
Concentrating on tourism management from an ethical, sustainable, and international perspective, this course will help you grasp how global tourist destinations, visitor attractions, and accommodation services are managed and marketed. You’ll also study tourism crisis management and explore future tourism trends, as well as learning about vital business areas such as organisational transformation, corporate governance, ethics, finance, and more. This course has been developed with input from world-leading organisations and researchers so that you are exposed to the most relevant advancements and trends in the tourism industry.
This means you’ll be able to show future employers that you have the knowledge required to fill current skills gaps in the field. And because you’ll also graduate with a keen awareness of key business functions, you’ll have gained important transferable skills that will give you a flexible, future-proof career in the years ahead. When you graduate from this course you will receive: BA (Hons) Business Management (Tourism) CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management & Leadership Foundation Chartered Manager Status and the post nominal fCMgr IOEE Professional Diploma in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship TMI recognised degree and eligibility for Associate membership of the TMI.
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Key highlights
- Includes CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership
- Foundation Chartered Manager status with fCMgr post-nominal
- IOEE Professional Diploma in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship included
- TMI and ITT recognised degree with TMI Associate membership eligibility
- Covers tourism crisis management, future trends and destination marketing
- Developed with input from world-leading organisations and researchers
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS 6.0 (no less than 5.5 in any element)
- TOEFL iBT: 80 — 80 or TOEFL iBT 80
Careers this course leads to
- Tourism manager
- Destination marketing manager
- Visitor attraction manager
- Travel agency manager
- Accommodation services manager
- Tour operations manager
Cost of study
UK/Home: £7,140 per level (online) | International: £5,500 per level (online)
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Arden University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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