BA Tourism and Planning

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• Objectives
  As the tourism industry comes of age, there is great enthusiasm throughout the world to develop tourism for economic and social benefit, with more and more places becoming tourism destinations. However, it is now acknowledged that unmanaged tourism can cause intense pressures and problems. This popular course is designed to help you manage the future of tourism. Tourism development needs to be planned and managed to ensure that it is sustainable whilst balancing the demands of visitors with the needs of the environment and the host population.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements
  260 UCAS Points plus GCSE Maths and English at Grade C or above.
• Academic title
  BA Tourism and Planning
• Course description
  BA Tourism and Planning
  
  Programme
  
  Credit Level 4
  
  Provides a foundation understanding of the nature and processes of tourism development, and of planning and business concepts. It focuses on the nature and structure of the tourism industry, and determinants of tourism development.
  
  Business Studies for Tourism
  Introduction to Tourism
  Introduction to Tourism Planning
  The Tourism Industry
  Tourism Development
  Tourism Skills and Techniques
  Plus one option module
  
  Credit Level 5
  
  Focuses on the analysis of the impacts of tourism on destinations, and on understanding how tourism and tourism development can be managed and controlled. It explores multi-organisational working and approaches to marketing destinations.
  
  Development Process
  Research Methods
  Tourism Destinations
  Tourism Marketing
  Tourism Policy and Planning
  Tourism Services Management
  Plus one option module
  
  Credit Level 6
  
  Centres on using and integrating the range of knowledge and skills gained from previous levels in a practical context through exploring tourism development and management strategies for particular places, and by exploring particular facets of tourism in greater depth.
  
  Individual Project
  Sustainable Tourism
  Tourism Comparative Study
  Plus two Tourism option modules
  Plus one elective
  Plus one free choice module

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