Tourism Management

The Bachelor’s degree of Finnish universities of applied sciences is based on the needs of working life. It provides the graduates with a higher education degree and a professional qualification. The scope of bachelor’s degree programmes is generally 210 or 240 ECTS credits, and their completion usually takes from 3.5 to 4 years.

1st year, foundation courses

2nd year, professional development

3rd year, innovation and development 

Studies in the third year emphasise innovation and development competence and deepening the professional understanding in the student’s area of special expertise. 

The characteristics of RT as defined in the Cape Town Declaration are very generic; it is for destinations and enterprises to determine their priorities in the light of the environmental and socio-cultural characteristics of the destination. Diversity, transparency and respect are core values.

All forms of tourism can be more responsible. Progress relies on “all stakeholders taking responsibility for creating better forms of tourism and realising these aspirations.” Responsible Tourism relishes “the diversity of our world’s cultures, habitats and species and the wealth of our cultural and natural heritage” and therefore accepts “that responsible and sustainable tourism will be achieved in different ways in different places.” The Declaration emphasises that it is only at the local level, where tourists and locals interact, that tourism can be sustainably managed.

Read more about Responsible Tourism and the Cape Town Declaration.

The network was established in August 2015

The ICRT Finland was established in 2015 as an Affiliate Centre of the hub ICRT. The network welcomes anybody interested in Responsible Tourism (RT):  practitioners, branches and individual supporters.

The international network of ICTRs share a common commitment to the 2002 Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism in Destinations and work severally and together to further its objectives. The hub ICRT is located in the UK and run by Harold Goodwin, Director of Research & International Partnerships, Hub ICRT. Currently there are 11 national Affiliate Centres round the world, e.g. in Canada, Australia and South Africa. Read more about hub ICTR

Bachelors of Hospitality Management have extensive professional competence: practical basic knowledge and skills and their theoretical foundation for working in specialist and managerial positions in the field, good communication and language skills.

Bachelors of Hospitality Management with a focus on tourism have good capabilities for working in managerial, marketing, development and sales positions in companies and organisations in the field of tourism. Bachelors of Hospitality Management also have good capabilities for working as entrepreneurs in tourism.

Corporate careers

Examples of job titles include congress manager, hotel manager, event coordinator, product developer, customer service manager, team leader and hotel reception manager.