The Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) announced in a statement yesterday that it is collaborating with the UNWTO Academy for the second consecutive year to provide postgraduate courses.
According to the statement, the academy is “the education arm of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)”, responsible for promoting “responsible, sustainable and universally-accessible tourism”.
The courses are available to those who have attained at least a bachelor’s degree from “any appropriate institute” and the higher education institute’s postgraduate students enrolled in selected programmes, the statement noted. With English as the medium of instruction, applicants also need to be “highly proficient in spoken and written English”.
The first UNWTO Academy-IFTM course this year, the statement said was themed “Destination and Attractions Management”, which ended on Monday. The second course, “Trends and Issues in Tourism and Leisure”, will run until April 27 and will be followed by a course on “Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development” from June 28 to August 2, the statement added.
The statement pointed out that the teaching is done by the institute’s faculty members and this year’s UNWTO experts including Research Professor at the Greenwich Business School at the University of Greenwich Prof. Alastair M. Morrison, and Director of the eTourism Lab and Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, at Bournemouth University Business School, Dimitrios Buhalis.
The statement underlined that the public are welcome to join the courses, especially professionals in the tourism industry.
The courses are available on a first-come-first-served basis, with a maximum of 40 participants accepted per course. An enrolment fee of 1,200 patacas is charged per course, the statement said.
Further details can be found at: https://www.iftm.edu.mo/docs/default-source/default-document-library/unwto-course-2021-11-4_brochure_v4.pdf?sfvrsn=d6130a6f_2
Those who complete any of the courses offered “will be entitled to a joint course certificate” issued by the academy and IFTM. The statement added that they can also apply for credit exemptions if they want to apply for any of the Institute’s postgraduate programmes later.
This undated handout photo provided by the Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) promotes the three postgraduate courses.
This QR code provided by IFTM can be scanned for the course brochure.
