The course proposes an introduction to the fundamentals of tourism with a global focus, with a wide ranging global review of the principles of managing tourism. It traces the evolution and future development of the main tourism industries and the challenges facing tourism managers in this fast growing sector of the world economy, with particular attention to the contemporary issues affecting businesses such as sustainability, disruptive technology, the impact of political tensions on destination instability and safety and the post-pandemic tourism.
It also focuses on the sustainable development highlighting the challenge of climate change and future tourism growth including new debates such as Last Chance Tourism and overtourism.