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BCom Major Tourism Studying tourism and hospitality unlocks a wide range of exciting and dynamic career opportunities in New Zealand and across the globe with insights from a range of disciplines. The BCom(Tour) provides students with the critical skills in the ever evolving global tourism industry. The Bachelor of Commerce, Tourism option, goes beyond the realm of hospitality to focus on travel – theory, concepts, industry-related, applied, and scale – ranging from international, national, regional to local. Tourism has a diverse subject base: • Destination management • Ecotourism • Sport • Hospitality • Events and Conventions • Cultural and Heritage • Product Development Our tourism papers are taught by an international staff, many with industry-related experience, promoting current thinking based on their own research. Career opportunities With a degree in Tourism, you can work in all fields of tourism, hospitality, entertainment and leisure. With tourism being one of the largest industries in the world, there is no shortage of places to work. The industry world-wide is a multibillion-dollar affair and therefore has a huge demand for people to keep it running. Past graduates have become: • Marketing co-ordinators • Events and meetings co-ordinators • Economic Development officers • Accommodation and restaurant/business managers • Operation co-ordinators or managers • Museum curators • Staff in tourism organisations – e.g. Tourism New Zealand, Tourism Dunedin • Staff in community employment groups • Tour guides, operators • Self-employed • Researchers, academics, policy makers and planners What you need to study Majoring in Tourism you must complete the following papers (and also meet BCom degree requirements including the completion of all BCom core BSNS papers): 100-LEVEL TOUR 101 Introduction to Tourism 200-LEVEL TOUR 217 Tourist Behaviour TOUR 218 Tourism and Hospitality Enterprise Management TOUR 219 Destination Management 300-LEVEL TOUR 309 Tourism Research Methods And three further 300-level TOUR papers Hospitality Minor The hospitality sector combines the growth of the tourism industry with changing patterns of leisure consumption, creating one of New Zealand’s fastest growing business sectors. It’s about more than food, beverage and accommodation. Hospitality is first and foremost about people, designing and managing memorable experiences. This happens through the transfer of products, services and knowledge to both domestic and international customers. Hospitality businesses involve down-to-earth things like business planning, managing people and marketing. The business examples you study will allow you to enhance your career opportunities on a local, regional, national and international level. Hospitality is available as a minor subject. It maybe of particular interest to Bachelor of Commerce students, as well as students from a variety of other disciplines including sociology, anthropology, geography and psychology. A graduate with a minor in Hospitality will take with them critical skills developed whilst analysing the social and cultural aspects that underpin the host-guest relationship. These skills offer you the competitive advantage needed to reach your potential in this fast paced and exciting sector. Contact Email: tourism@otago.ac.nz Web: www.otago.ac.nz/tourism Tel: 03 479 8520
GRADUATE PROFILE Jo Van der Linden Sales Executive - Explore NZ BCom, BTour (Hons) Explore NZ sales executive Jo van der Linden says the University of Otago’s Bachelor of Tourism* provided so many valuable academic insights and personal experiences she now has no trouble putting theory into practice. With an image of herself as being a successful young professional, Jo knew an internationally recognised qualification was necessary, as were life and work experiences. “All of this was met when I embraced what Otago and Dunedin had to offer. Those experiences will stay with me forever.” Jo, a former Blue Mountain College pupil, says studying tourism complemented her management studies, but the year which provided the most valuable insight into the industry came via the tourism honours programme. She also balanced study with work in the hospitality and events industries, and involvement in netball. While honours commitments saw her scale back these extra curricula activities, the sacrifices and hard work paid off. “Employers were very impressed with my qualifications and it was a significant contributor to my success in securing roles. My work experience and practical knowledge [was] a major contributing factor also.” After graduation Jo worked as a Real Journeys crew member on overnight cruises in Doubtful Sound. Working in a variety of roles – from hostess to kayak guide – the objective was to enhance visitor experiences; she now describes interaction with tourists, and hands on work as invaluable in terms of “understanding products from an operator’s viewpoint”. A commitment to comprehensive product knowledge remains a core value in her current position as representative for Explore NZ’s Auckland and Bay of Islands products to the Auckland agent market. “Otago provided the foundation for my career. Embrace the University and Dunedin life as the memories, skills and knowledge you will acquire are a once in a lifetime experience!” *Tourism is now a major in the BCom programme. 31
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GRADUATE PROFILE<br />
Jo Van der Linden<br />
Sales Executive - Explore NZ<br />
BCom, BTour (Hons)<br />
Explore NZ sales executive Jo<br />
van der Linden says the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Otago</strong>’s Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Tourism*<br />
provided so many valuable academic<br />
insights and personal experiences<br />
she now has no trouble putting<br />
theory into practice.<br />
With an image <strong>of</strong> herself as being<br />
a successful young pr<strong>of</strong>essional, Jo<br />
knew an intern<strong>at</strong>ionally recognised<br />
qualific<strong>at</strong>ion was necessary, as were<br />
life and work experiences.<br />
“All <strong>of</strong> this was met when I<br />
embraced wh<strong>at</strong> <strong>Otago</strong> and Dunedin<br />
had to <strong>of</strong>fer. Those experiences will<br />
stay with me forever.”<br />
Jo, a former Blue Mountain College<br />
pupil, says studying tourism<br />
complemented her management<br />
studies, but the year which provided<br />
the most valuable insight into the<br />
industry came via the tourism<br />
honours programme.<br />
She also balanced study with<br />
work in the hospitality and events<br />
industries, and involvement in netball.<br />
While honours commitments saw<br />
her scale back these extra curricula<br />
activities, the sacrifices and hard<br />
work paid <strong>of</strong>f.<br />
“Employers were very impressed<br />
with my qualific<strong>at</strong>ions and it was<br />
a significant contributor to my<br />
success in securing roles. My work<br />
experience and practical knowledge<br />
[was] a major contributing factor<br />
also.”<br />
After gradu<strong>at</strong>ion Jo worked as a<br />
Real Journeys crew member on<br />
overnight cruises in Doubtful Sound.<br />
Working in a variety <strong>of</strong> roles –<br />
from hostess to kayak guide – the<br />
objective was to enhance visitor<br />
experiences; she now describes<br />
interaction with tourists, and hands<br />
on work as invaluable in terms <strong>of</strong><br />
“understanding products from an<br />
oper<strong>at</strong>or’s viewpoint”.<br />
A commitment to comprehensive<br />
product knowledge remains a<br />
core value in her current position<br />
as represent<strong>at</strong>ive for Explore<br />
NZ’s Auckland and Bay <strong>of</strong> Islands<br />
products to the Auckland agent<br />
market.<br />
“<strong>Otago</strong> provided the found<strong>at</strong>ion for<br />
my career. Embrace the <strong>University</strong><br />
and Dunedin life as the memories,<br />
skills and knowledge you will acquire<br />
are a once in a lifetime experience!”<br />
*Tourism is now a major in the BCom<br />
programme.<br />
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