Tourism Management Course
Fostering future leaders in tourism industries
"Travel Industry Studies"
Prof. HIROOKA Yuichi
As tourism grows, competitiveness, human resource capacity and excellent management skills are required.
This course provides comprehensive study in management for the tourism-related industry, including private and public sectors, and NPOs, covering all aspects of management - organizational skills, planning strategy, product development, client consultation and delivery, aiming to foster people who can be leaders in the field of tourism management.
Regional Revitalisation Course
Fostering community development leaders with tourism expertise
"Machizukuri & Tourism"
Prof. HORITA Yumiko
Long-term economic decline has caused depopulation in rural areas. Regional cities have also suffered decline of Central Business District.?
This presents challenges for the future. Tourism is the key to revitalisation, as authentic local character becomes a valued tourism attraction. Regional Revitalisation Course aims to foster tourism planners for regional revitalisation through comprehensive study of theories and practices based on examples from Japan and overseas, taking in various academic views of development from economics, law and urban planning to agriculture and forestry.
Tourism Culture Course
The mind of the tourist, Encounters through tourism/ Analising tourism with culture
"Tourism Design"
Prof. KITAMURA Motonari
Tourist behavior in cultural context - Why people travel? Why people become tourists, and what are they searching for?What is the attractiveness of places, events and assets and how are they created?
When you focus on culture, it is possible to understand tourist motivation and appeal response. What happens during travel? What do tourists and the host community feel through tourism encounters? Culture is a key factor in comprehending these encounters.
Tourism Culture Course offers comprehensive study in all aspects of tourism phenomena from the cultural point of view.
