Department of Tourism Management

The Department of Tourism Management was founded in 2000 to meet the growing demand for professionals in tourism which has been recognized as the significant blooming industry in the 21st century. In the past 8-year whole-hearted efforts, the Department has achieved a widespread awareness in the tourist industry of Guangdong. Today, more than 300 graduates who hold BA-degree with entrepreneurial spirit serve in the industry as professional tour guides, hotel staffs and representatives of customer relation in other corporations. All the undergraduates are encouraged and assigned to take internship training in travel companies or hotels. Compared with the students in other faculties, they closely involve within real-life industry and enrich their work experiences. In relation to the diversity of tourism, the department attracts vigorous teaching staffs who focus on various academic fields from tourist site planning to travel management and marketing, from history and culture study to leisure study.

Program
Undergraduate Program
Specialties
Basic Modules includes: Economic, Management, Statistics and SPSS, College English, Marketing

1. International Tourism
Core Modules includes: Travel Operation and Management, English for Tourism, Tour Guide Operation
2. Hotel Management
Core Modules includes: Hotel Operation and Management, Housekeeping Management, etc.
3. Conference and Exhibition Management 
Core Modules includes: Conference and Exhibition Management, Event Management, etc.
4. Urban Leisure Management
Core Modules includes: Leisure Management, Recreation Management, etc.

Internship Program
Students are assigned to take training in hotel industry or travel industry twice a year serving for the Guangzhou International Trade Fair. They are offered opportunities to step into well known hotels and travel companies in Guangzhou and other wealthy cities in the Pearl River Delta.

SINO-AITH exchange program
Specialties
A 2+2 or 3-year Sino-Australia exchange program, enroll Students graduated from high schools and send them to complete higher education diploma in West Australia or in China.