Tourism Management (with Foundation Year) (Hons) Bangor University

Overview

With the  Tourism Management (with Foundation Year) (Hons) programme offered by Bangor University ,  you’ll gain in-depth understanding of the tourism system and how to optimise the value chain. We’ll place particular emphasis on the development of sustainable tourism from an economic, socio-cultural, and environmental standpoint.

During the foundation year, you’ll develop essential academic and IT skills, such as writing, communication, presentation and how to use digital resources to support your studies and research assignments. 

Equally important, you will learn how to collaborate and work with others. You will get a taste of studying within a multidisciplinary School, mingling with Foundation students from a range of other subjects, including accounting, economics and management.

Career opportunities:

Here in the UK tourism remains one of the largest employers with millions working in travel companies, transport, accommodation, hospitality, leisure and more. It’s a career that can take you all over the world.

This Tourism Management degree gives you the knowledge and skills to move the tourism industry into the future, with a particular focus on the development of sustainable tourism products and services.

You could go on to pursue a wide range of roles from destination and tour management to tourist information and visitor bureaus. Some students might choose a career in passenger transport, consulting or work for the operators themselves. You may choose to work for cruise companies, airlines, hotel chains, heritage and cultural organisations, music venues, conference centres or theme parks.

Tourism management is a good course for the transferrable skills you develop. You’ll learn interpersonal, intercultural sensitivity, communications, critical thinking and problem-solving, time management and project management skills, all highly sought-after by employers. Such skills allow you to follow more general career paths if you prefer.

Typical roles may include:

• Destination manager/marketer

• Manager of tourism associations

• Manager/marketer of tourism attractions

• Tourism planner

• Marketer of hotel chains and consortia

• Marketer of convention centres

• Consultant for a wide range of tourism companies

• Entrepreneur of tourism companies/attractions

• Holiday representative

• Tour guide

• Travel agent