Degree in Tourism

  • Students must have acquired knowledge and understanding in a specific field of study, on the basis of general secondary education and at a level that includes mainly knowledge drawn from advanced textbooks, but also some cutting-edge knowledge in their field of study.
  • Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both expert and lay audiences.
  • Students must have developed the learning skills needed to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in their field of study) to make judgements that take relevant social, scientific or ethical issues into consideration.
  • Be able to apply knowledge to work in a professional manner and have competences for preparing and defending arguments and for solving problems within the field of study.
  • Understand the principles of tourism: its spatial, social, cultural, political, labour and economic dimensions.
  • Analyse the economic dimension of tourism.
  • Understand the dynamic and evolving nature of tourism and of the new leisure society.
  • Know the main political and administrative structures of tourism
  • Turn an empirical problem into an object of study and draw conclusions.
  • Have a strong customer service orientation.
  • Recognise the main tourist agents.
  • Evaluate tourist potentials and make the prospective analysis of their exploitation.
  • Analyse, synthesise and critically summarise the economic situation and assets of tourist organisations.
  • Manage financial resources.
  • Define commercial objectives, strategies and policies.
  • Lead and manage the different types of tourism entities.
  • Have communication skills.
  • Understand the legal framework regulating tourism activities.
  • Work in English as a foreign language.
  • Communicate orally and in writing in a second foreign language.
  • Communicate orally and in writing in a third foreign language.
  • Identify and manage tourist areas and destinations.
  • Manage the tourist territory according to the principles of sustainability.
  • Know the operating procedures in the area of accommodation.
  • Know the operating procedures in the area of catering.
  • Know the operating procedures in the area of intermediation companies.
  • Analyse the impact of tourism.
  • Use and analyse information and communication technology (ICT) in the different areas of the tourism sector.
  • Understand a public plan and the opportunities that it affords for the private sector.
  • Plan and manage the human resources of tourism organisations.
  • Understand the functioning of destinations, tourism structures and their business sectors on a global scale.
  • Know the objectives, strategy and public instruments of planning
  • Work in different socio-cultural environments.
  • Know the main initiatives to enhance cultural heritage.
  • Understand the characteristics of cultural heritage management.
  • Show creativity.
  • Have initiative and entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Demonstrate motivation for quality.