Diploma in Travel and Tourism (Travel and Tourism) Course at Botswana College of Engineering and Technology (BCET)

Diploma in Travel and Tourism (Travel and Tourism) Course at Botswana College of Engineering and Technology (BCET)

What is Travel and Tourism?

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. 

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

BRIDGING
•Use of ICT and Learning Resources
•Introduction to Financial and Cost Accounting
•Business Mathematics
•Business Communication and Academic Skills

YEAR 1
•Global Tourism Geography
•Academic Study Skills
•Tourism and Hospitality Concepts
•Business Finance
•Human Capital Development
•Fares and Ticketing Systems

YEAR 2
•Tourism marketing
•Enterprise development and Business Leadership
•Business Research Methods
•Tour Operations Management
• Tourism Planning and Development
•Niche Tourism

YEAR 3
•Consumer Behaviour
•Creative e-applications
•Independent Study
•Event Tourism
•Strategic Management

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

A student completing the BA (Hons) in International Tourism Management can expect to find career opportunities in private and public organisations in the tourism sector. Students have opportunity to hold managerial positions (middle/senior) in large or small organisations, and can be expected to find employment in a wide range of roles within the tourism sector, including hotels, lodges, tourism marketing organisations, travel agencies, tour operations and natural resource management.

Sustainability is a central feature in on-going development debates not only in the tourism sector, but across multiple sectors. This enables graduates in tourism management to be sustainability advisors beyond the tourism sector into other companies that prioritise sustainable management of their operations. A student completing the BA (Hons) in Tourism Management degree gains immediate recognition from the Botswana Tourism
Organisation (BTO).