MBA Tourism Strategic Management Turiba University

• Degree awarded: Professional Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA)
• Qualification awarded: Manager of enterprises and institutions
• Internship: Latvian or foreign tourism and hospitality companies, tourism attractions, and destination management organizations
• Study duration: 2 academic years
• Study language: in English

The study program “Tourism Strategic Management” prepares students for work in the field all over the world. This is a great opportunity for students who see their careers in an international environment. In this program, you will gain strategic management and planning skills, and learn the regularities and techniques of forecasting. You will learn to analyze, study, and forecast trends in the tourism and hospitality field in the Baltics and around the world.

In the framework of the "Tourism Strategic Management" study program, you will learn how to reasonably discuss complex aspects of tourism management, develop corporate and institutional strategies in today's changing environment, find solutions to complex and unpredictable operating conditions of tourism industry companies, research, analyze and compare tourism destinations in Latvia and understand the interaction between tourism and other fields.

The Professional Master's Degree Program “Tourism Strategic Management” provides a broad knowledge base of tourism and hospitality management and provides a strategic perspective on global tourism developments. The study program is proud of its lecturers - outstanding industry practitioners representing tourism and related fields - hotel management, tourism policy planning at the national level, and restaurant business. During the study process, students develop viable strategies for the development of new tourist destinations that provide an opportunity to learn about strategic tourism planning in practice. Students gain invaluable insight into the development and trends of the global tourism industry by participating in the world's largest IT exhibition, ITB Berlin, which is also a valuable platform for international contacts.

Useful

• 50% of students come from countries which up to now you have introduced only by map. Now you have an opportunity to get acquainted with people, culture, and understanding of these countries!
• There have been around 1 billion international travels in the year 2014

Professional master's study program Strategic Management in Tourism has obtained the prestigious UNWTO – UN World Tourism Organization TedQual accreditation to the maximum possible term – four years, until the Year 2022.

Accreditation

Tourism programs have been awarded the prestigious UNWTO – United Nations World Tourism Organization TedQual accreditation. Turiba University is the only University in the Baltic States and Northern Europe that holds this prestigious accreditation.

In the 1st academic year, students acquire methods and regularities of tourism strategic management, planning, and projecting. You will be introduced to the international tourism environment and its current trends. One of the course objectives will be to carry out research papers in tourism planning and marketing. During study trips you will visit tourism destinations; you will be introduced to successful experiences in the tourism industry at the international level and meet professionals in the field.

In the 2nd academic year, theoretical knowledge will be strengthened in practice in tourism and hospitality companies. You will carry out creative and independent researchers integrating knowledge of various areas and solving topical problems of the industry and companies. By using knowledge acquired in the previous courses and experience gained during pre-master practice, you will develop a master thesis.

• Manager of tourism and hospitality companies in Latvia or abroad
• Tourism development and research project manager
• Tourism specialist in municipalities, tourism information centers
• Senior manager in state or municipal institutions