Tourism Management North-West University (NWU)

Overview

Key facts

North-West University (NWU)'s three-year Tourism Management programme will provide you with a solid foundation in the theory and practice of tourism management through the promotion of sustainable tourism development and management. It will also prepare you for a successful career in the tourism industry.

You will, among others, learn to:

• Evaluate information pertaining to sustainable living patterns, environmental responsibility and conservation within the tourism industry;
• Provide benefits to society and the economy by increasing self-employment, the ability to sustain micro-enterprises and the overall social and economic productivity;
• Work effectively with others by sensitising target groups such as young people, the unemployed and community members to the need for improved community living in terms of raising standards and addressing issues of redress and democratisation; and
• Demonstrate adequate knowledge and critical understanding of cultural and aesthetic sensitivity across a variety of social contexts.