MSc in Global Tourism Development
Course Overview
The MSc in Global Tourism Development at LSCAHM is a UK Level 7 postgraduate programme running one year full-time or two years part-time on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme frames tourism as a global development discipline touching economic policy, community wellbeing, environmental stewardship and cross-border investment, taught in a city that is one of the world's most-visited destinations. Alignment references Tourism Society, Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT), UKinbound and Institute of Hospitality guidance.
By graduation, students have delivered a research-informed dissertation on a defined global tourism-development question — destination strategy, community impact, over-tourism, sustainable transport or investment — under a named senior supervisor.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Tourism Society, ITT, UKinbound and Institute of Hospitality
- Case studies drawn from UK inbound tourism and international destination programmes
- Modules on destination management, over-tourism and community outcomes
- Sustainability, transport and infrastructure modules
- Named dissertation supervisor drawn from senior UK tourism practice
- Access to industry-body networks and UK tourism boards
What You Will Learn
- Design destination-development strategies at national and regional levels
- Model tourism investment cases and public-private partnerships
- Interpret over-tourism, community and social-license risks
- Set sustainability, biodiversity and climate policy for a destination
- Evaluate cross-border marketing and route-development programmes
- Manage stakeholder relationships with governments, airlines and hotels
- Interpret tourism economic-impact and satellite-account data
- Deliver a defensible research dissertation on tourism outcomes
Who This Course Is For
- Tourism board and destination-marketing professionals progressing to senior roles
- Hotel and airline strategists moving into destination-side leadership
- Consultants and researchers targeting tourism policy work
- Career changers with strong analytical and cross-cultural backgrounds
Career Pathways
- Tourism Manager progressing to Destination Marketing Director
- Destination Marketing Manager
- Sustainable Tourism Consultant
- Tour Operator (senior)
- Travel Consultant (senior)
- Food Business Analyst (tourism-linked)
- Hospitality Brand Manager (destinations)
The LSCAHM careers service connects MSc students with UK tourism boards, inbound operators and international destination programmes through annual industry-careers days.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in a tourism, business, geography or related discipline.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with five or more years of senior professional experience in tourism development are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts across culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business. Central London places UK tourism boards, inbound operators, industry bodies and airline strategy offices within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Three parallel study modes and an annual careers day let working tourism practitioners complete the MSc without stepping away from their destinations.
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