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Hospitality and Tourism Management

Hospitality and Tourism Management. Dynamic, exciting, growing, global. What is Hospitality and Tourism?. Multi-faceted, globalised industry History and philosophy …and the rest!. The Global Tourism Industry. 467 million tourists travelling in first half of 2012 (UNWTO)

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Hospitality and Tourism Management

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  1. Hospitality and Tourism Management Dynamic, exciting, growing, global

  2. What is Hospitality and Tourism? • Multi-faceted, globalised industry • History and philosophy • …and the rest!

  3. The Global Tourism Industry • 467 million tourists travelling in first half of 2012 (UNWTO) • In 2011 international tourism receipts exceeded $1 trillion for the first time (UNWTO) • 1 in 12 jobs in UK supported by H&T • In Scotland it has a value of £11.1 bn= 10.4% of GDP • Visit Britain (2009)

  4. How Tourism Supports the UK Economy (Visit Britain)

  5. Scope and Activities

  6. History and Philosophy

  7. …… and the rest! Social and ethical questions Travelling to sites of death and destruction – Education, empathy or morbid fascination? Part of the ‘experience economy’

  8. The Hospitality and Tourism Management Team

  9. What DO OUR STUDENTS SAY?

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