Tourism - Portimão
Undergraduate
Polytechnic
Daytime
Language of Teaching
Portuguese
Faculty / School
Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo
Area of Studies
Economics, Management and Tourism
Overview
The main objectives of Tourism degree are:
- To provide adequate and essential training to the process of modernization of the sector
- To respond to demands felt at the international level, providing critical and innovative approaches to facilitate the increasing mobility of the professionals of tourism
- To contribute to the development of innovation in the tourism business and to the understanding of the need for a sustainable development of tourism activities
- To provide the concepts and features of tourism within the academic and applied study field
- To contribute to a greater understanding of tourism within the local communities (perceptions, social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts, policies and planning)
- To develop theoretical and practical skills during the 1st cycle of studies which will allow access to specializations at the level of the following cycles (2nd and 3rd cycles)
- To learn about European Union policies for tourism development
The applications for public higher education are made annually through national call and/or special contests.
Career Opportunities
The career opportunities of Tourism degree are:
- Tourism Senior technician
- Tourism technician in travel agencies, tour operators and transport
- Marketing and operations director
- Director of destination promotion
- Responsible for tourism planning
- Manager of tourist destination
- Junior consultancy in tourism
External Link(s)
School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism
Largo Eng.º Sárrea Prado, n.º 21, 8501-859 Portimão
Phone: +351 289 800 965
Course Director's Email: esghtdirtpd@ualg.pt
Director