BA in Tourism Management
Course Overview
The BA in Tourism Management is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree preparing graduates to run tourism products, destination programmes and visitor economies. The programme is aligned with Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT), Tourism Society and UKinbound benchmarks and pairs strategic modules with operations practice, including revenue, guest journey and destination stewardship.
By graduation you will be planning multi-season tourism campaigns, running destination-level KPIs, coordinating stakeholder groups across public and private sectors, and delivering a final-year dissertation or client consulting brief for a UK tourism operator.
Key Features
- Level 6 honours structure with a supervised placement year in a UK tourism operator, DMO or receptive agent.
- Modules aligned with the Institute of Travel & Tourism, Tourism Society and UKinbound frameworks.
- Live destination consulting projects handed down from London-based tourism organisations.
- Practitioner faculty drawn from destination management, sustainable tourism and inbound sales.
- Access to the LSCAHM industry-careers day and Institute of Hospitality events cycle.
- Three parallel study modes for progressors, working practitioners and international students.
What You Will Learn
- Build destination marketing plans linking public bodies, operators and receptive agents.
- Analyse visitor economy KPIs including yield, dispersal and length-of-stay metrics.
- Design responsible-tourism strategies aligned with UK and international sustainability benchmarks.
- Manage the guest journey from awareness through post-visit advocacy.
- Run competitor and destination-brand analyses.
- Cost and price tourism products across seasons.
- Deliver stakeholder communications for local authorities, boards and inbound trade.
- Produce a dissertation or capstone consulting report for a tourism client.
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers moving from A-levels or an Access to HE Diploma into tourism management.
- Junior destination-organisation, DMO and inbound tour staff pursuing a full honours award.
- International applicants seeking a UK-recognised tourism management degree.
- Career changers moving from hospitality or events into tourism strategy.
Career Pathways
- Tourism Manager
- Destination Marketing Manager
- Sustainable Tourism Consultant
- Tour Operator
- Travel Consultant
- Hospitality Brand Manager
- F&B Business Development Manager (travel-linked)
The LSCAHM careers service links BA in Tourism Management graduates with destination organisations, receptive tour operators, tourism boards and hotel groups servicing the UK's inbound and outbound visitor economies.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3 in a related subject.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement setting out your interest in tourism management.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts, with hospitality, tourism and events read as interlocking disciplines.
Central London places the Tourism Society, ITT, UKinbound and major UK destination organisations within a short tube ride of every classroom, giving tourism management students immediate access to the sector they will be entering.
Apply for BA in Tourism Management
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