RTE 371 - Tourism Essentials

Description:
Students will survey the global travel and tourism system, including consumer demand and motivations, tourism suppliers and intermediaries, modes of travel, visitor attractions, marketing and entrepreneurship, destinations, and impacts of tourism on people and communities. Formerly RT 371, students may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: six credits of RTE prefix courses or permission of instructor.

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Incorporate the breadth of the global travel and tourism industry and system within their daily discussions
Analyze traveler motivations and the demand side of tourism
Assess the components of the supply side in tourism and specific careers within each
Evaluate the kinds of impacts that tourism development has on destinations
Evaluate the kinds of promotion applicable to the tourism product

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/13/2015