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Tuition fee
249 USD / full
249 USD / full
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Tuition fee
249 USD / full
249 USD / full
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Duration
63 days
Duration
63 days
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Taught in
English
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About

EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering the Sustainable Tourism - Rethinking the future in collaboration with Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX. Engage in interdisciplinary debates to explore and co-create future responsible travel and tourism initiatives in your (professional) context.

Overview

In this Sustainable Tourism - Rethinking the future course at Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX, you will be teamed up and challenged to apply your argumentation skills to implement insights from various tourism disciplines and different social science perspectives to current tourism developments. For example:

  • Sociology: how is tourism organised (laws/regulations)? 
  • Psychology: what effects how tourists experience tourism (COVID 19?!) 
  • Geography: what does tourism development mean for a particular location?

What you'll learn

  • How to implement insights from various tourism disciplines to current developments in the tourism industry
  • Become familiar with, and share, inspiring tourism developments across the world
  • Recognize and co-create future narratives as a tool to compose new business cases and/or project proposals in your professional context
  • Ways to become part of ongoing dialogues on developments for the future of tourism
  • How the tourism industry is being affected by the Covid-19 corona virus outbreak.
This online course is part of Tourism in Transition: Exploring a Sustainable Future Professional Certificate Program.

Programme Structure

Courses include:
  • Tourism Studies and Development

  • Psychology of Tourism

  • Sociology of Tourism

  • Geography of Tourism

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 63 days
    • 6 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

Campus Location

  • Portland, United States

What students do after studying

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • This course is especially valuable if you have a background in either the social sciences or tourism/hospitality studies, but everyone is welcome to join (you might want to consider taking TOUR01x first to learn the basic concepts used in this course).

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
  • International

    Non-residents
    249 USD / full
    249 USD / full
  • Out-of-State
    249 USD / full
    249 USD / full

Additional Details

  • Unlimited access to self-paced, in-demand courses and professional certificates
  • Starting at $249 per learner/year.

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