Advanced College Diploma - Travel and Tourism

Program Description

The Advanced Diploma in Travel and Tourism will provide graduates with a wide variety of competencies. The specific aims of the program are to:

• Develop the skills and abilities required to start a career with a range of employers, such as travel agencies; tour operators; airline, coach, rail and sea operations; and providers of ancillary services including car rental, insurance and foreign exchange

• Be fully prepared for employment in areas such as customer service and administration in the general field of commerce

• Develop student competencies to support their career aspirations

• Be prepared for progression to degree courses delivered by partner universities in different countries

• Develop skills for independent, life-long learning

• Develop and enhance transferable skills for employability and core skills

• Develop and enhance transferable skills in planning, organizing, critical and evaluative thinking and will be able to investigate issues and problems relating to travel, tourism, and business in depth

• Develop intra/interpersonal skills relevant to a range of positions and levels in the travel and tourism industry

• Develop communication and presentation skills

• Be able to adopt an innovative and creative approach to their work and be able to respond quickly to challenges posed by changes in the travel and tourism environment

• Develop the ability to work flexibly and cooperatively with others