Tourism Destination Management is a professional master program at Breda University. The last decades tourism has developed into a complex phenomenon. It is not only receiving an increased interest from the public and private sector, but also from the academic and consultancy world. Tourism is one of the largest global economic sectors, which encompasses huge amounts of tourists and travellers. This development generates work and revenues for the destinations. Tourism is important because it influences people and places and in return tourism in itself is influenced by those surroundings.International professionals in tourism can make a big difference: the difference between profit and loss, between chaos and structure, a difference for the tourists as well as the local people. Organisations involved in tourism at tourism destinations are looking for well educated professionals. People, who are able to analyse, interpret and apply the global developments that take place and translate these into new opportunities and solutions. Tourism has developed into a dynamic and fast growing sector, creating an interdisciplinary field of study and research. The tourism industry offers economic benefits, growth and opportunities for people and businesses in destination areas. At the same time, matching demand (tourists) and supply (destinations) remains a challenge. The position of the destination areas is becoming more and more important. This master in Tourism Destination Management is designed to contribute to this, focusing on practice, perspectives and policies of tourism management at destinations.
Location: Breda, the Netherlands
Duration: 1 year
Main Subjects: Destination Stakeholder Analysis , Destination Cultural Analysis Tourism Destination Marketing
Possible careers: on management positions, consultancy positions, policy and advisory positions, research positions
Admission Requirements:
• Bachelor degree in financing, marketing, cross-cultural studies
• CV
• Motivational Letter
• Reference letter
• Studielink.nl registration
• Copy of ID
• IELTS certificate with a minimum score of 6; TOEFL Internet based minimum 80 or TOEFL computer based 213