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Study the Sustainable Tourism Management major in the Bachelor of International Tourism Management and develop a thorough understanding of how to manage local tourism resources, with a focus on sustainable development and growth.
By 2025, it is anticipated that an extra 47,000 employees will be required to meet the demand of the tourism industry.
This major focuses on the inbound travel industry; servicing the growing numbers of tourists visiting New Zealand. It's designed to meet the needs and increased demand of the local tourism sector and focuses on marketing, planning and sustainable development of tourism.
This is part of the Bachelor of International Tourism Management.
Start date: 2021
In Year 1, you complete eight papers that provide a comprehensive awareness of tourism as an industry and its role in New Zealand and around the world.
You’ll automatically be pre-enrolled in your first-year papers, which include three recommended elective papers. In Semester 1, you’ll have the opportunity to choose another elective if you prefer.
In Year 2 you take the paper Knowledge and Inquiry, as well as papers from your major.
You also need to complete additional papers in your second and third year to make up the total of 360 points you need for your degree. You can do this by:
You can talk to us about which option is best for you. You don’t need to make this choice until you're at AUT.
In your final semester, you complete valuable workplace experience with an organisation (this is the Tourism Work Integrated Learning paper). It's a great opportunity to develop industry networks and make a decision on your professional career after graduation.
The outcomes for graduates of the Bachelor of International Tourism Management are outlined in the Graduate Profile below.
Detailed programme structure and paper outlines (Blackboard)
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.