Tourism University of Barcelona

Overview

The curricular design of the bachelor's degree in Tourism at University of Barcelona provides a corpus of training in higher education for the tourism knowledge that allows viewing and understanding this phenomenon from a global and international perspective. At the same time, it integrates the development of the necessary skills needed for the profiles of management and Tourism and Hotel business managers.

• It deepens in the creation, production, promotion and brokerage of Tourism products and Tourism and Hotel services, and values the cultural and territorial resources, to design offerings that respond to the needs of tourists, demanding new and compelling experiences and emotions.

Fields in which you can work

The tourist and hospitality industry in a variety of professional disciplines, including management, intermediary roles and direct operations, in the following areas:

• the operation of hospitality units such as hotels, holiday resorts, camping sites, caravan parks, rural inns, restaurants and cafeterias, and the management of recreational units like museums, theme parks, natural parks, golf courses, waterparks, yacht clubs, spas, ski stations and mountain resorts;
• the operation of tourist and traveller events, including conventions, sporting holidays and holiday recreational programs;
• the operation of travel agencies, dynamic packaging and computer reservation systems;
• the planning, public management and institutional regulation of tourist destinations;
• recreational activities and products;
• training, research and consultancy.