Responsible Tourism Management

Overview

It is taught by staff with first-hand experience in tourism management, research and consultancy, who will share their global expertise with you.

Designed to develop your professional experience in tourism, heritage, and sustainable development, this course will also help meet the resulting demand for managers who can implement responsible tourism strategies within marketing, operations and product development.

As part of your Responsible Tourism Management course from Leeds Beckett University , you’ll:

• Explore domestic and international tourism - and understand that the principles of responsible tourism are as applicable to the Yorkshire Dales as they are to The Gambia
• Plan, implement and evaluate responsible tourism policies and practices
• Understand and manage the complex interactions between tourism stakeholders
• Identify, create and implement appropriate responses to better manage common resource use issues

Career

You will enhance your ability to operate effectively at a strategic level within conservation organisations and in both the public and private sectors, and you will have expertise and confidence to devise , implement and manage responsible tourism programmes. Graduates have gone on to work as sustainability and product managers for tour operators and have also taken senior managerial positions in government departments and with international non-governmental organisations.

• Responsible Tourism Adviser

• Sustainable Product Manager

• Charity Development Consultant

• Sustainable Destinations Manager