Contemporary Travel and Tourism

Catalog description

This course provides students with a diverse and contemporary knowledge of the tourism industry, ecotourism, tourist behavior, tourism management, and issues in medical tourism, crisis management, sustainable travel and environmental friendly practice within the overall global tourism sector. Students will have opportunities to investigate real life cases and current events, and to explore the various elements of the travel and tourism industry and how they interrelate. This will enable students to develop an overall knowledge in the field and appreciation of the global travel and tourism experience. Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context