Master's Degree in International Tourism and Destination Management
University of Macerata
Key Information
Campus location
Macerata, Italy
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 200 / per year
Application deadline
29 Apr 2024
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
Presentation
Tourism directly supports more than 100 million travel and tourism jobs according to WTTC 2014, being one of the largest industries in the world. Demand for tourism and travel professionals will continue to grow as many traditional borders disappear and businesses develop even more global.
The Master's degree in International Tourism and Destination Management (ITourDeM) at the University of Macerata is a two-year postgraduate degree which is equivalent to an M.A./M.Sc. It aims to prepare managers and professionals able to tackle the global challenges of present tourism, being key-players of sustainable development, and cultural heritage promoters.
Curriculum
Offered by the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the University of Macerata, the master degree programme in International Tourism and Destination Management – ITourDeM at the University of Macerata is a two-year postgraduate degree which is equivalent to an M.A./M.Sc.
It aims to prepare managers and professionals able to tackle the global challenges of present tourism, being key-players of sustainable development, and cultural heritage promoters.
ITourDeM focuses on a professional figure with theoretical and practical skills, stresses on socio-economical methodologies as well as on historical and geographical knowledge. This professional figure has competences in designing and implementing advanced tourism operational infrastructures, in building and managing tourist destinations through the sustainable enhancement of natural and cultural resources, in developing natural and landscape tourism projects, in qualifying a tourism approach to environment and food goods.
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Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
The ITourDeM Master degree offers vocational education for professionals in the receptive tourism and hotel management companies, high responsibility positions in enterprises designing, planning, and marketing travel and tourism connected products, in cooperatives and consortia of integrated tourism. Other career positions deal with the organization of cultural events and exhibitions, the management of services to the public, government, public and private institutions, in the fields of tourism, culture, environment, heritage, and local development.