Bachelor of Sustainable Tourism

Summary

Prepare to help grow a bold new future for tourism, with a focus on the wider context of sustainability in a changing world. Learn to apply your knowledge and skills in a range of public, non-profit and commercial sector organisations.

Addressing urgent global sustainability challenges is at the heart of the Bachelor of Sustainable Tourism. Post-pandemic considerations are changing the future of the sector and experts are needed to develop sustainable tourism systems that will provide strategic management of sustainable tourism operations.

How you’ll grow

• Demonstrate an understanding of the nature, characteristics and behaviour of tourists as consumers and the influence on tourist demand and sustainable tourism systems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamic global social, cultural, physical, economic and political environments in which sustainable tourism phenomena exist.
• Describe and explain sustainable tourism products, structure, operations and interactions within the tourism sector in New Zealand and internationally.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the requirements of sustainable tourism development in New Zealand derived from obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.
• Select and apply appropriate research skills and techniques to specific sustainable tourism issues and challenges.
• Work in the bi-cultural contexts of sustainable tourism planning and development in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
• Evaluate and apply approaches to managing the development of tourism through the application of policy and planning models.
• Express commitment to a standard of behaviour based on professional ethics and conduct.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to gender, ethnicity and equity issues.

Career opportunities

Potential employers include commercial operators, iwi-owned businesses, local government, and agencies such as the Department of Conservation.

Lincoln has such a great selection of courses, and they let you mix and match to tailor to your needs.

Shannon Fitzgibbon

Bachelor of Tourism Management