Tourism Management Degrees Explained | What You Learn In A Travel And Tourism Management Degree

Today we are talking tourism management degrees. Are you thinking about doing a tourism management degree but you're not really sure what it all includes, what it involves? Don't worry, I've got you covered in today's video. Stainton and I am the website owner and content creator of tourismteacher.com. I talk about all things travel and tourism and it's all the stuff that you will learn as part of a tourism management degree. Bonus, it's like an online textbook that just keeps coming and I throw in a few travel tips there too. So if this interests you, do subscribe to this channel and check out the website as well. And I also have a free study skills guide. Links down below, I know you'll love it. It'll be super helpful. So let's get to it. What exactly is a travel and tourism management degree? Travel and tourism is the world's biggest industry. You probably know that if you're thinking about doing a tourism management degree. It means there's lots of opportunities for you. It means there's lots of different things you can do, different career paths you can take. It's great, it's bloody great. It's not perfect and one of the major issues actually is that pay isn't always so high. So one of the reasons that people do a travel and tourism or a tourism management degree is so that they can get those higher paid jobs, get those more senior jobs. So if that's you, you are watching the right video. I'm going to tell you exactly what is included in a tourism management degree. doing a travel and tourism management degree, get ready for some of this. I don't mean this textbook, although you may well use it, it's a great one. I mean reading because a lot of travel and tourism courses that are below degree level, they don't typically involve that much reading and this is a change and often a challenge for students. who are new to higher education. Higher education is not the same as further education. It's not the same as school or college. The whole point of going to university is to develop your skills, not only in terms of your subject knowledge, but in terms of you being able to analyse, being able to write academically, being able to read and comprehend and make sense of complex issues sometimes. And that usually involves... Travel and tourism management degrees often include a wide variety of modules. And actually, I'll take a look through this book and tell you, I'll read the contents. A lot of travel and tourism management degrees, whilst they are all a little bit different, they would use this book. When you do a travel and tourism management degree, you will study things such as the travel and tourism industry, the history of tourism, the development of the industry, the impacts of travel and tourism, tourism demand, tourist attractions, tourist destinations and the appeal of different destinations and how they can be managed, business tourism. The hospitality sector, the aviation industry, the water industry, tourist transport on land, slow tourism, fast tourism, how we manage visitors, the structure and role of the public sector versus the private sector versus the voluntary sector, tour operations, selling and distributing travel, ancillary tourism services and lots lots more. Now one of my favourite things about studying travel and tourism management for your degree is that There's so much variety. It's really hard to get bored. One day you might be studying social media marketing within the context of tourism. The next day you might be studying the environmental impact in Aruba. The next day you might be looking at How to form a business plan. Travel and tourism degrees are great in that you've got such a wide variety of modules. Now, each university will design their travel and tourism management degree slightly different, but they will typically have the core elements of sustainability, management theory, business-related aspects, marketing. These are all core parts of studying travel and tourism, and actually, any business course, really. And that's the thing about studying tourism management, is often that it, it, They are business courses essentially that are applied to tourism industry. Now one of the major differences between a travel and tourism management course at college or at school compared to university is that at university it's a bit more serious. There's less of the practical stuff so you probably won't be rehearsing cabaret shows or flight demos on board an aircraft. You will be sat down with your books And you will be learning on paper a lot more stuff. Now, hopefully there will be trips, there will be residential visits, et cetera, and you can learn whilst you're out in the world. But most of it will be at your university, in a lecture theater or in a seminar. So don't think by studying travel and tourism that you won't be learning in a classroom in your traditional environment, because you probably will be. And remember, every travel and tourism management degree is going to be slightly different so i strongly recommend you to go to the university have a look around meet the staff and think about is this for me is it going to work out for me or not because not every university will offer you the same things and not every university will be right for you for example in the uk we have our university rankings now i won't go into the depths of how the university rankings work right now and they are far from perfect but it does give you an idea and in the uk we break that down according to subjects too so for example some of the best universities to study travel and tourism in the uk include Bournemouth University, the University of Surrey, Coventry University, De Montfort University Greenwich University, Edinburgh Napier University so have a look in your country wherever you are based and where are you by the way drop me a comment say hi let me know where you are wherever a look at which universities offer travel and tourism to begin with because not all of them do and have a look at which ones are ranked well and why and what suits you and your needs. One of the questions that a lot of people ask when they are thinking about studying a tourism management degree is what kind of assessment will there be? Now this is a difficult question to answer because it is different in each university however typically you will have have a lot of written work, so that will include essays, reports... Written documents of some form. You will also probably have some presentations where you will be marked not only on your content but on your presentation skills. And you will probably have a couple of more practical type elements as well. So for example, when I did my undergraduate degree, I was marked on planning an event and I had to go ahead and plan that event. It was pretty fun actually. You can expect a lot of variety. Oh exams! I forgot to mention exams. There will usually be exams and I know people who study travel and tourism at school or college might not be very used to exams because it's not so common but there probably will be exams as part of your university degree and I recommend that when you are looking into which degree to do and why you speak to the lecturers and find out what are the assessments like, how do they work, how does the feedback work. Usually your work will be turned around by your tutor, you'll get feedback so hopefully you can improve next time. Kind of standard things that you get at university really. So I hope that you have found this video very helpful. If you have, do hit that like button, do subscribe to my channel, and you might like the website too. So go ahead and have a look, and I'll see you hopefully in the next video.