BA (Hons) Tourism and Travel Management at London Metropolitan University

This degree will bring you closer to a professional managerial career in the largest global service sector. You’ll benefit from close links with government and businesses via membership of the Tourism Management Institute, as well as insights from international projects by research centres such as ATLAS. Studying with us you will investigate live issues such as how to develop local tourism marketing strategies, improve the quality of London’s key visitor attractions and help local people to benefit from tourism development.

Faculty: School of Business, Environment and Law  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: January 2027, September 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Academic Skills, Data analysis for Marketing and Creative Industries, Event Planning and Management, London's Visitor Economy, People, Management and Organisations, Principles of Marketing: for Creative Industries and Aviation, Tourism Impacts, Tourism Industry. Year 2: Cities, Tourism and Eventfulness, Cultural Tourism Management, Managing visitors in the era of over-tourism, Niche Tourism, Creating a Winning Business 1, Empowering London: Working within the community, Learning through Work, Research Methods for Marketing and Creative Industries, The Practice of Consultancy, Airline Commercial Planning, Fundamentals of Project Management, Sustainability, Business and Responsibility, The Event Experience. Year 3: Contemporary Issues in Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Tourism Destination Management, Visitor Attraction Management, Consultancy Project, Dissertation for Marketing and Creative Enterprise, Dissertation for Marketing and Creative Industries, Airline and Airport Strategic Management, Airport Planning and Development, Conference Management, Event Sponsorship and Fundraising, Leading Innovation.

Career pathways

We believe that your university experience should be designed to enhance and support your professional life. We place as much emphasis on gaining skills relevant to the workplace as on learning the academic discipline that you’re studying.

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