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Course description

This course introduces students to the principles and practice of tourism, travel and hospitality management and provides an intellectual framework within which to analyse the subject area. The course covers key areas such as definitions and concepts of tourism, travel and hospitality; tourism destinations and planning; travel intermediaries; the role of transportation; the particular nature of the tourism, travel and hospitality industries and the role of the public sector; and a range of specific issues such as the impact of travel and tourism on the environment and host communities, service quality, and destination marketing and management. Students will have the opportunity to focus on a particular destination or business function in detail.