BA in Global Travel and Tourism Management
Course Overview
The BA in Global Travel and Tourism Management is a full LSTITM honours degree that integrates global travel and tourism management across strategy, operations, leadership, service, sustainability, cross-agency partnerships and applied research to produce graduate-ready tourism and travel professionals ready for department-lead careers in the UK sector. The full honours route runs 36 months with a placement year coordinated by the LSTITM careers service, and top-up routes are available for Higher Diploma holders. The syllabus is aligned with Tourism Society, Chartered Management Institute (CMI), Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UKHospitality, Institute of Hospitality and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) references.
By graduation you will be able to lead a management project inside a UK tourism employer, contribute to a departmental strategy at operator level, run applied research to inform executive decisions, and present board-level options to a DMO or brand chief executive with confidence.
The BA is delivered through structured lectures, seminars, applied projects and a dissertation or capstone project, with a UK-referenced reading list, tutor-led feedback on every submission and a small cohort designed to keep discussion sharp.
Key Features
- Full honours syllabus co-designed by former tourism directors and destination consultants
- Alignment with Tourism Society, CMI, CIM, UKHospitality, Institute of Hospitality and WTTC references
- Placement year coordinated by the LSTITM careers service with London tourism employers
- Guided reading from ABTA, ITT and IATA on tourism management practice
- Structured induction to departmental strategy, leadership and applied research
- Practical exercises writing management strategies, plans and executive readouts
- Coaching on presenting management options to a DMO or brand chief executive
- Structured modules on sustainability, safeguarding and inclusive management practice
- LSTITM careers workshops on graduate management roles across UK tourism
What You Will Learn
- Lead a management project inside a UK tourism employer
- Contribute to a departmental strategy at DMO, operator or brand level
- Run applied research to inform executive tourism decisions
- Draft a full honours-grade dissertation or capstone project on tourism management
- Read a departmental performance dashboard for a UK tourism programme
- Contribute to a business case for a departmental tourism intervention
- Follow sustainability, GDPR and inclusive-management principles
- Support a supplier or partner conversation on shared departmental goals
- Present board-level management options to a DMO or brand chief executive
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers holding A-Levels or IB targeting a full honours tourism management degree
- LSTITM Higher Diploma and Advanced Diploma holders on the top-up route
- International students seeking a UK honours-grade tourism management qualification
- Career changers holding a first degree in a related discipline
- Working professionals moving into a full honours tourism management career
Career Pathways
- Tourism Development Officer (senior)
- Destination Manager
- Tourism Product Manager (senior)
- Tourism Business Analyst (senior)
- Regional Tourism Director (junior)
- Head of Tourism Development (junior)
- Tourism Programme Director (junior)
- Tourism Consultancy Partner (associate)
- Global Tourism Manager (senior)
LSTITM's careers service supports BA students with CV writing, LinkedIn coaching, mock interview practice, salary preparation and placement-year matching, plus warm introductions to London tourism boards, DMOs, national tourism agencies and travel-brand consultancies recruiting into graduate management roles. Weekly workshops include portfolio reviews of the management strategies, plans and executive readouts you produce during the BA, and one-to-one coaching for personal statements.
Entry Requirements
- A-Levels (BBC or above) or IB (26+ points) or overseas equivalents
- A completed Higher Diploma or Advanced Diploma for top-up routes
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band under 5.5) or equivalent English proficiency
- Personal statement outlining career objectives in the tourism and travel sector
- Two academic or professional references
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 shaping modern global tourism. Every LSTITM programme is aligned with recognised UK bodies including the Tourism Society, ITT, ABTA, CIM, CMI, Institute of Hospitality, WTTC and UKHospitality, giving BA graduates a credible reference base for their next graduate management application in a competitive UK market.
BA students learn from former tourism directors, destination consultants and travel-brand leadership coaches, in a curriculum that articulates cleanly into LSTITM Master's-level programmes, ready for later executive career progression into head of tourism, chief tourism officer and consultancy partner roles across UK tourism.
Apply for BA in Global Travel and Tourism Management
Apply for your full LSTITM undergraduate tourism degree with a global travel and tourism management specialism, delivered by a specialist London school for tourism and international travel management with a full honours management focus at its core. You will graduate with a management-grade portfolio of strategies, plans, executive readouts, dissertation research and placement-year evidence built on real UK DMO and travel-brand case material, ready to bring to interviews with London tourism employers. Apply for your full LSTITM undergraduate tourism degree and articulate cleanly into a Master's route when you are ready. Enrol Now.
