Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Tourism and Event Management Atlantic Technological University - Sligo Campus, Ireland

This degree is the only three-year honours degree in this subject available in our region, offering students the most current business degree with a specialism in tourism and events. This provides a broad and exciting platform to build a successful career, alongside opportunities to travel internationally. In a dynamic and rapidly changing world, our tourism graduates are confident, creative, and agile. This is exactly what is needed to continue to develop the world’s fastest growing economic sector. Our graduates also understand sustainability issues including managing tourism impacts and tourism planning marketing.

This business degree is diverse and offers students a variety of career paths and further study options when they graduate. Guest lecturers, with national and international profiles, regularly visit to share their expertise with students. Students also complete real-life projects in collaboration with industry experts.

A work placement module takes place at the end of Year 2 and runs from April to September .This provides students with invaluable real-world experience and practical insights into the tourism, events, and closely related sectors. These include national or local tourism development agencies, travel agencies, tour operators, heritage and archaeological centres and tourism attractions. Students are encouraged to complete the placement overseas. In the past, students have completed their work placement in the USA, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Alaska, Hong Kong, UK, Turkey and Ireland.

Business insight trips to tourism operations and firms are an integral part of the degree. There are also international field trips to tourist destinations such as Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, Venice, Frankfurt and Rome.