Advanced Diploma in Tourism Policy Strategy
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma in Tourism Policy Strategy is a supervisory-level LSTITM programme for practitioners moving into policy-facing tourism work. Delivered over 12 to 15 months across online, on-campus and distance modes, this UK Level 5-equivalent Advanced Diploma sits within the Tourism Business, Marketing and Operations department and is aligned with policy practice referenced by the Tourism Society, WTTC and the Chartered Management Institute. Learners work through units on policy landscape mapping, stakeholder briefing, options analysis, consultation design and executive policy advice.
By graduation, students can map a UK tourism policy landscape, prepare an options analysis for a public tourism decision, run a small stakeholder consultation and deliver a supervisory policy brief that a senior tourism leader can defend.
Key Features
- Twelve-unit Advanced Diploma aligned to Level 5-equivalent tourism policy practice
- Content referenced against Tourism Society, WTTC and CMI policy commentary
- Live policy case studies drawn from UK national and regional tourism decisions
- Structured options analysis templates used across LSTITM's supervisory routes
- Consultation design drills covering public and private tourism partners
- Progression route into LSTITM's Higher Diploma in Tourism Strategic Operations
- Career mentoring with LSTITM tutors experienced in UK tourism policy work
Every feature on the Advanced Diploma in Tourism Policy Strategy is scaffolded so Diploma graduates and public-facing practitioners can move from awareness to supervisory policy judgement. Tutors bring live examples from UK national and regional tourism decisions so learners see how policy actually reaches a public tourism leadership decision at supervisory depth. Assessment blends portfolio work with observed consultation drills.
What You Will Learn
- Mapping a UK tourism policy landscape at supervisory depth
- Preparing an options analysis for a public tourism decision
- Designing a small stakeholder consultation with realistic timelines
- Delivering supervisory policy briefs to senior tourism leadership
- Reading published policy commentary from WTTC, Tourism Society and CMI
- Balancing local resident and visitor interests in policy design
- Handling policy questions across public and private tourism partners
- Preparing evidence packs suitable for regional and national policy consultations
Skills are practised through structured landscape maps, options analysis packs, stakeholder consultations and supervisory policy briefings drawn from live UK policy cases. Each learner leaves the Advanced Diploma with a folder of supervisory policy artefacts ready for a UK tourism board or policy consultancy interview at supervisory level.
Who This Course Is For
- Diploma graduates progressing into supervisory policy roles
- Tourism practitioners moving into public affairs and government relations
- International applicants building UK supervisory policy evidence
- Career changers with public sector experience moving into tourism policy
The Advanced Diploma in Tourism Policy Strategy suits LSTITM Diploma graduates progressing into supervisory policy roles, tourism practitioners moving into public affairs work and international applicants preparing to join UK tourism boards and regional development agencies with credible Level 5 supervisory evidence for their supervisor-level interviews across UK public tourism partners. Career changers from public sector or NGO backgrounds take this Advanced Diploma as a translation credential into tourism policy work at supervisory depth, and existing operator public affairs staff use it to move from stakeholder liaison into structured supervisory policy briefing.
Career Pathways
- Tourism Policy Coordinator
- Junior Tourism Policy Analyst
- Tourism Public Affairs Supervisor
- Regional Tourism Development Officer
- Tourism Consultancy Support (Policy)
- Tourism Government Relations Assistant
- Tourism Board Strategy Coordinator
LSTITM's careers service supports Advanced Diploma graduates with supervisory CVs, policy portfolio guidance and introductions to London tourism boards, regional development agencies and consultancies recruiting Level 5-equivalent policy talent.
Entry Requirements
- A completed LSTITM Diploma or equivalent Level 4 qualification
- Alternatively, 2+ years of relevant tourism or travel-industry experience with a statement of purpose
- IELTS 6.0 or equivalent English proficiency for international applicants
- Two academic or professional references
- Access to a computer and reliable internet for online delivery
Why Study at LSTITM
LSTITM is the London School of Tourism and International Travel Management, a specialist division of Harold International College of London focused on the destination, business, systems and strategic disciplines that shape modern global tourism. Every LSTITM programme is aligned with recognised UK tourism and marketing bodies including the Tourism Society, the Institute of Travel and Tourism, ABTA, the Chartered Institute of Marketing and UKHospitality, so graduates step into the sector with credible, industry-referenced study behind them.
Our curriculum is written by former destination directors, travel-industry technologists, tourism consultants and marketing leaders, and delivered across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes to fit working professionals and international students. LSTITM's articulation model means every Certificate and Diploma leads cleanly into an Advanced Diploma, Higher Diploma and full honours degree, with Master's routes for those aiming at consultancy, corporate development and executive tourism leadership.
Apply for Advanced Diploma in Tourism Policy Strategy
Applications for the Advanced Diploma in Tourism Policy Strategy open across the year. Submit your Diploma transcript or equivalent Level 4 evidence, statement of purpose, references and English-language proof through the LSTITM portal for a rapid admissions decision. Progress into supervisory and strategic tourism practice. Enrol Now
