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Tourism is constantly expanding to cater for the needs of the traveller and their desire to go further, more frequently and sustainably. This dynamic international tourism management course will keep you up to date with emerging trends and global issues, providing you with the experience and skills required to enter the industry at a professional level.As part of this course, you’ll:- Gain an appreciation of other cultures and be aware and sensitive to the positive and negative impacts of tourism on communities and local economic development- Look at the modern challenges faced by tourism organisations, focusing on recent trends and developments so you’re equipped with the skills to solve complex problems and implement plans and solutions to resolve them- Acquire an understanding of sustainable tourism and development as well as the organisational structure and management of this ever-expanding service sector- Develop an entrepreneurial approach by working alongside key industry partners to build innovative solutions to real-life business challenges- Gain an insight into moral, ethical, environmental and legal issues allowing you to make a valuable contribution to the tourism and travel sector- Have the opportunity to specialise in key areas such as marketing and human resources and learn from world-leading experts in responsible tourism

This course is recognised by the Tourism Management Institute (TMI). Leeds Beckett is also an Institute of Travel & Tourism recognised university and an ABTA Partner. ITT is the only professional membership body for the UK travel and tourism industry. Membership will enable you to raise your profile, take advantage of networking opportunities with key players in the sector and to enhance your CV and future career prospects.

This course will enable you to take a strong international focus. You’ll understand the core areas of business and management of the tourism sector as you develop the ability to contribute at a regional, national and global level.You’ll have the opportunity to work as part of a team as a consultant for a range of our extensive industry contacts. As part of this task, you’ll be asked to find creative solutions to real-life challenges. From working with national organisations like The National Trust to international tour operators like Jet2Holidays, we have a wide range of projects to help you get experience.With our flexible study options, you’ll be able to specialise in a specific area that could lead to your career of choice such as: sustainable tourism for less developed countries or marketing and promotion.

Whichever modules you select, you'll never sit an exam. Our assessments are designed to test the skills that are in high demand by our industry. You'll receive expert support to ensure you can achieve your full potential.

We were the first UK university to be recognised as a Centre of Excellence for Tourism. Awarded by the leading professional body, the ITT, this recognition puts us at the forefront of education and research in this dynamic sector.

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Why go abroad?

Here's just a few of the reasons to study abroad and if that's not enough, to help you decide we've rounded up our top ten reasons to study abroad .

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To sum up my exchange, it was 'perfect'. I have had an amazing time and most of all I think this experience abroad has had an impact on my future in Leeds. I feel like I have grown up whilst being here and I am now looking forward to carrying on my studies in Leeds.

Students who go abroad are 19% more likely to gain a 1st in their degree.

Students who go abroad are 10% more likely to be in graduate jobs six months after graduating.

One semester seems like a long time but it will fly past. I’ve had a beer in a roof top jacuzzi in Sydney overlooking the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, played competitively in the QUT dodge ball team and attended lunch with the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Brisbane. Make the most of your study abroad semester and do as much as possible whilst you’re abroad!

Study abroad | Everything you need to know Megan, from our Study Abroad team talks through all the benefits of the programme and what to expect.

My favourite memories are of travelling. I have been lucky enough to travel to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, The Netherlands and of course France whilst studying. I can honestly say I am dreading leaving this place because of the amazing friends I have made but now I have a million places to stay all over the world in Europe, America, Asia and Australia! It has been such an enriching experience which has broadened my mind so much!

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Working in travel and tourism widens your perspective of the world and allows you to encounter a range of people, places, cultures and languages. Whatever path you choose to travel, our degree in travel and tourism will build on your sector-specific knowledge while enhancing your industry skills  

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This interim travel guidance, published in September 2022, is designed to help staff and students across the University make informed choices when travelling for business or academic purposes, whilst a wider review of business travel policies is developed.

Please remember that all travel (air, rail and accommodation) must be booked through the University booking provider Key Travel (UoL login required) who are well placed to support all travel requirements with sustainable options. For any issues, or in the case of exceptional circumstances, please contact [email protected] .

A risk assessment needs to be completed for all travel activities, with further help and support available from your local Health and Safety team.

Reduce your emissions with virtual meetings

Check if you can use technology to replace travel by connecting virtually.

Virtual meetings not only eliminate travel-related carbon emissions, but they also create a more accessible environment with more people from all over the world being able to attend and collaborate with us.

Take the time to consider if a meeting could be replaced with a phone call, email, or virtual meeting. For virtual meetings, some good options include the following technology which is supported by the University IT service:

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Phone calls are the least emitting. If you want to reduce your footprint during virtual meetings you can switch your cameras off.

If you are hosting a conference, consider hosting one virtually instead.

You could also consider a hybrid conference, with some individuals being physically in attendance but providing the option to attend virtually and have the sessions recorded.

If you have any questions, you can contact IT services or Estates and Facilities to help you set up video conferencing services as well as any AV or IT equipment on campus.

Before booking travel

If you are required to travel, take the time to ask yourself the following questions before you book your trip:

• Think about how often you need to make a physical trip.
• Think about how many people need to go when you do go.
• Could this trip be replaced with a virtual meeting/conference?
• Could this trip be achieved by rail? (including within Europe)
• Could we avoid multiple separate trips to the same destination by combining them into a single, longer trip?
• If you have to travel can you explore the CO 2   effectiveness of different routes?

Choosing different modes of transport can have a significant impact on emissions, as illustrated in the following table which shows options for an illustrative journey from Leeds University (Parkinson Building) to London UCL Campus:

Mode of transport

Please consider the following alternatives to air travel when making your trip. Wherever possible we would encourage you to not travel by plane. Please ensure that you speak to your line manager about safety considerations as well as family responsibilities related to longer journeys before you travel.

For domestic journeys rail should be your first choice, booked through the University’s contracted travel supplier, Key Travel .

For European journeys, high speed rail should be considered for all Eurostar destinations. Sleeper trains are also an option. The website 'The Man in Seat Sixty-One' illustrates all international rail options and Key Travel can handle your booking requirements.

Even if your destination is not on the rail network, consider travelling by rail and using a hire car for the final leg of the journey. If possible, electric vehicles are a great way to reduce your emissions as well as save money on fuel.

Coach travel is also an option for domestic and European journeys and are much lower emitters in comparison to air travel.

If you have explored all of these options and you must travel via airplane, please consider the following:

Flying economy -  Flying economy means you take up less space in the plane, and means lower emissions per passenger.

Direct flights -  Take off and landing account for a higher proportion of emissions.

Offsetting emissions

Where there is no other option but to travel, consider an offsetting scheme to offset the carbon emissions of your journey. Offsetting should only be used as a last alternative, as the trip is still generating significant carbon emissions regardless of offsetting.

If flying is necessary, carbon offsets should be purchased. The University is currently a member of the Carbon Coalition , where offsets are verified by a board of experts, practitioners and scientists from the education sector to provide quality assurance. The most recently reported cost per tonne for this is £31.68. We recommend that this figure is used to estimate the cost to offset a tonne of CO 2 , although it's worth being aware that this cost is expected to rise over the coming years.

Please see the University of Leeds guidance on how to calculate your carbon offsetting costs for your journey.

At your destination

Use accommodation that has a reputation for being sustainable.

Research the accommodation you want to stay at beforehand, and see what their policies are on recycling, use of alternative forms of energy, and if they are owned by local or foreign groups. Have a look into how they contribute to their local communities.

There are several accredited certification systems that accommodations can obtain if they are operating sustainably (for example: Global Sustainable Tourism Council, Green Seal, Earthcheck, Travelife Accommodation Sustainability, Green Key International, EU Ecolabel). Check to see if the accommodations have any labels that indicate they are sustainable, and you can use this to help choose where you stay. You can also inquire about this at local tourism offices.

When you book accommodation with the University travel booking provider, Key Travel , the emissions from the stay will be offset.

Whilst at your destination, consider walking and cycling to get around. If you do need to travel further afield, try to take public transport. Please remember to only use these methods of transport if it is safe to do so in the location that you are in.

If you want to learn more about sustainable business travel, please contact [email protected] .

Sustainable Travel In Practice

Benefits of virtual conferences: the africap ifeed workshops.

The digital transformation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up opportunities to facilitate collaboration with groups around in the world. Helen Costerman of the School of Earth and Environment details her positive experience with the virtual AFRICA iFEED workshops in June, 2021:

“In June 2021, we held four virtual workshops focused on one of our key outputs, the integrated Future Estimator for Emissions and Diets (iFEED). Colleagues joined us over Zoom from Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, the UK and Zambia for 3-hour sessions facilitated by the Head of Interdisciplinary Research at Leeds. Holding this event on Zoom allowed us to consult on our project activities with a broad range of stakeholders who we would otherwise not have reached. It also allowed participation by colleagues with caring responsibilities or who are not able to travel. The chat function was also helpful for those who do not have the confidence to speak in front of large groups. While there was the occasional interruption due to bandwidth issues, holding the event online made it more accessible and equitable overall.”

When planning your next conference or workshop, it is worth considering if the event could be virtual or hybrid to increase the range of stakeholders that are able to attend, to improve accessibility and attendance, and to help reduce emissions related to travel.

Vietnam to Leeds: The Trans-Mongolian Express

In 2013, Lindsay Stringer, who was a Professor in Environment and Development at the University of Leeds as well as the Director of the Sustainability Research Institute and Steven Orchard, who was a PhD student at the institute, travelled to Hanoi, Vietnam to present Steven’s PhD findings to researchers and policy makers, as well as to explore possible collaborations with the Hanoi National University of Education.

Lindsay and Steven made the decision to return from Vietnam via the trans-Mongolian railway in an effort to save around ½ tonne of CO 2 compared to the return flight. Stop offs along their route included Beijing, Irkuk, Moscow, Minsk, Cologne and Brussels. With the help of the International Office and Alumni and Development, they were able to link up with Leeds Alumni along the way wherever possible.

In a blog post where she wrote about her reflections from their journey, Lindsay wrote that she hoped that they journey would stimulate debate and encourage other researchers to think about what they do when they travel for research, and that a lot can be gained by staying a few extra days in the destination in terms of building research links and contacts. She also noted that traveling using non-standard forms can really help to increase networking opportunities as well.

Lindsay concluded in her post: “With the world’s grand research challenges being problems that we face as a planet (food security, energy security, climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation etc), research for travel is a necessary part of academic life if we are to contribute to the development of solutions. Giving more thought to how we travel, when and why, and what we do when we’re there, seems like a sensible and important way forward, particularly if research travel can be combined with implementing other aspects University Strategy”.

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We use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework to guide our activity. Our work on business travel is linked to the following SDGs:

• Goal 4: Quality education
• Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
• Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• Goal 13: Climate action

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Tourism for everyone? Inclusivity in today’s travel market

In this post, Marta Soligo* argues for a critical re-evaluation of global tourism to make it more accessible to racial minorities, people with disabilities and countries in the global South.  

EXPLAINING the history of leisure in Western countries, scholars often define the post-World War II economic boom as a game-changing phenomenon. A key term in this sense is “democratization”, with experts highlighting that starting from the 1950s, leisure ceased to be a privilege of the wealthy. Factors such as an improvement in working conditions, higher salaries, and paid vacations extended the pleasures of free time to new layers of society. Quickly, the working class adopted the middle-class standards of living, becoming the new protagonist of recreational activities. This was in stark contrast with the elitist leisure class described by Thorstein Veblen more than half of a century earlier. During the post-war boom, the underlying “leisure for everyone” motto gave the euphoric illusion that accessibility inequities were just a fading memory.

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Being one of the most important leisure subsectors, tourism followed a similar path. Together with cars, washing machines, and TVs, the booming working class started adding trips and vacations to its shopping lists. Thus, with larger strata of the population being able to book resort stays or fly internationally, tourism looked more accessible than ever. However, talking about this point during my Sociology of Leisure and Tourism class, I always feel the need to project a slide that reads, “Leisure for everyone?”, where the question mark occupies a good section of the screen. As I like to tell my students, the fights undertaken in the past century to obtain more flexible (and human) working schedules and the right to free time represented a fundamental milestone. However, tourism scholars know that accessibility and inclusivity issues within the travel industry never stopped existing, being heavily present today as well.

In the past few years, the amount of academic research on tourism and social problems - such as poverty, racism, and gender inequality - has experienced exponential growth. Social scientists are increasingly interested in explaining how much the concept of universally accessible leisure and tourism diverge from reality. One of the main criticisms is that scholars have been focusing on Western tourism and tourists for way too long. This created a situation in which tourism literature has often ignored minorities' experiences.

The predominant scholarship on white travellers, for example, has created a progressively conspicuous imbalance. The several studies on race and tourism that came out in the past few years revealed the importance of investigating the experiences of people of colour. Insightful in this sense is the book Driving While Black by G. Sorin, which shows how, throughout history, African Americans’ travel experiences have been (and still are) filled with challenges rooted in discrimination. Similarly, a thorough overview comes from an article by A.K. Harrison, who investigated the concept of exclusionary geographies by analyzing whiteness and racial spatiality in ski attractions.

Another heated debate relating to inclusivity is architectonic barriers, which too many times have made “accessible tourism” sounds like an oxymoron. Numerous scholars are aware of the endless issues that people with disabilities face while travelling and have made efforts to raise awareness on the topic. In a recent study on the Gargano National Park (Italy), E. Sica et al. found that responsible and accessible tourism in natural attractions “risk to remain empty concepts, if not duly operationalized” (p. 9). Additionally, experts urge stakeholders to rethink accessibility using new technologies. A 2020 investigation by a group of scholars from the Transilvania University of Braşov showed that virtual and augmented reality might enhance accessibility for travellers with disabilities in the travel planning and exploration phases (Epuran et al.). As the above-mentioned experts point out, it is important to push for regulations and solutions that can stimulate the development of more welcoming destinations for racial minorities and people with disabilities who presently experience discrimination.

Moreover, the asymmetry between tourism-generating “metropolitan” countries and tourism-receiving peripheral nations highlighted by sociologist E. Cohen thirty years ago is still visible. For several communities, especially in the global South, tourism does not represent a pleasant activity. For some, the travel sector is an exploitative phenomenon that exacerbates inequalities and power imbalances. Thus, it is important to take a step further and welcome those trends in scholarship that look, for example, at the global South. This is fundamental in the post-pandemic recovery, which disproportionately affected tourism destinations worldwide.

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It is not a coincidence that on September 27 this year, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) dedicated World Tourism Day to the topic of tourism and inclusive growth. As Siandou Fofana, Minister of Tourism and Leisure of Côte d'Ivoire - where the World Tourism Day ceremony was held - highlighted, tourism can be a significant tool to fight against poverty. Thus, it can promote the social and economic inclusion of vulnerable groups, especially thanks to the sector’s transversality and job-creation capacity. Moreover, through the words of Leila Farah Mokaddem from the African Development Bank, UNWTO highlighted tourism’s ability to foster a sense of cultural exchange between foreigners and citizens.

During World Tourism Day, UNWTO declared that the massive social and economic impacts of COVID-19 revealed that marginalized groups and the most vulnerable have been hit hardest. Discussing recovery strategies within the travel market, the agency expressed the need for measures that can guarantee a comprehensive and fair distribution of the benefits. A key issue here is vaccine inequity, with UNWTO denouncing how the asymmetric roll-out of vaccines magnified the economic blow tourism has suffered in developing countries.

Tourism is a global phenomenon and, to be a successfully inclusive sector, its stakeholders should prioritize universal accessibility. During COVID-19, the travel market experienced a difficult hiatus, and the consequences are likely to remain for decades. The pandemic-related crisis exacerbated and exposed issues that were present well before February 2020. The next few months will be crucial in establishing the recovery paths for destinations worldwide. Therefore, it is necessary to include in planners’ vocabularies terms such as inclusivity, accessibility, and sustainability for both tourists and local communities. The hope is that the motto “leisure for everyone” ceases to be a 1950 dream and starts to be a reality.

* Marta Soligo works as a Postdoctoral Research Faculty for the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where she teaches Sociology of Leisure. She is also a Visiting Professor of Sociology of Tourism at the Università Degli Studi di Bergamo (Italy), for the master’s course in Planning and Management of Tourism Systems. She can be reached at: [email protected]

Works cited  

Cohen, E. 1984. "The Sociology of Tourism: Approaches, Issues, And Findings." Annual Review of Sociology 10(1):373-392.

Epuran, Gheorghe, Alina Simona Tecău, Cristinel Petrișor Constantin, Bianca Tescașiu, and Ioana Bianca Chițu. 2020. "Opportunities of Using New Technologies (VR/AR) in order to Facilitate the Access of Persons with Disabilities to Tourist Products." Series V - Economic Sciences 13(62)(2):55-64.

Harrison, Anthony Kwame. 2013. "Black Skiing, Everyday Racism, and the Racial Spatiality of Whiteness." Journal of Sport and Social Issues 37(4):315-339.

Sica, Edgardo, Roberta Sisto, Piervito Bianchi, and Giulio Cappelletti. 2020. "Inclusivity and Responsible Tourism: Designing A Trademark for A National Park Area." Sustainability 13(1):13.

Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan. 2020. Driving While Black: African American Travel and The Road to Civil Rights . New York; London: Liveright Publishing Corporation.

UNWTO. 2021. "Global Economy Could Lose Over $4 Trillion Due To COVID-19 Impact on Tourism." Unwto.org . Retrieved November 28, 2021 (https://www.unwto.org/news/global-economy-could-lose-over-4-trillion-due-to-covid-19-impact-on-tourism).

UNWTO. 2021. "World Tourism Day 2021: Tourism for Inclusive Growth." Unwto.org . Retrieved November 28, 2021 (https://www.unwto.org/wtd2021).

Veblen, Thorstein. 2019. The Theory of The Leisure Class . London: Forgotten Books.

Travel and Tourism Management FD Leeds City College

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Journey towards your future with our Travel and Tourism Management Foundation Degree. This course will take you to new heights whilst getting you closer to your dream of a career in this exciting and dynamic sector. With knowledgeable staff dedicated to helping you achieve your goals along with connections to employers, you can propel your career up and beyond anything you could have imagined.

Whilst the travel industry has undoubtedly been hard hit by recent events, it is beginning to recover. Supported by the Government’s Tourism Recovery Plan, the future of the industry is beginning to look more optimistic. With pre-Covid jobs at around the 3,219 mark we are seeing a return to job advertising with 1,295 total jobs advertised between January and November 2021. As consumer confidence increases in the sector, recovery will continue, a growth of 2. 1% predicted for job opportunities between 2021 and 2024. Be ready to join this exciting sector as it continues to recover and grow by enrolling on the Travel and Tourism Management Foundation Degree today.

You will explore tourism development, management and marketing as you acquire practical and academic knowledge and skills. Familiarise yourself with all aspects of travel and tourism and grow to appreciate the critical importance of customer service, while getting up to speed with current industry developments and trends. You will also learn industry processes from the ground up, allowing you to apply your skills to multiple travel and tourism roles.

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London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

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Leeds City College is the largest provider of further education courses in the English city of Leeds, where roughly 25,000 students work towards A-level, BTEC and vocational qualifications. The college delivers their programmes from three campus sites: Printworks, Park Lane, and Quarry Hill, with each location providing specialist facilities and a vibrant and internationally diverse learning environment.

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