Introduction to Tourism Management

As the world's largest industry, tourism is a major source of economic development, generating substantial jobs, income, tax revenues, foreign exchange earnings, investments, and infrastructure improvements for communities in developed and developing countries. In this course you will examining why people travel and how the tourism industry is organised to serve them, especially its four main operational sectors of transportation, attractions, accommodations, and food service. You will also learn to manage the positive and negative impacts which must be properly understood and managed, while gaining an overview of the tourism industry.