Cambodia's attractiveness as a tourist destination has grown tremendously. The trend continues into the future. More new managerial and administrative jobs in tourism marketing, development, planning, visitor services, hospitality, and transport have been generated. In response to the needs for capable human resources in the tourism industry, RUPP has established the Department of Tourism (DoT), offering the Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management.

Students studying for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management fulfill the requirements for the degree over four years. During their studies, they undertake both practical and theoretical tourism skills training. The degree focuses on the issues of environmental, economic and cultural sustainability, and hones student s industrial, analytical and research skills. This knowledge prepares graduates for careers in government ministries, hotels, travel agencies, development and educational institutions, tour operations, airlines and the non-government organization sector (NGOs).

The DoT was established in 2001 following the success of the one-off Masters Program in Tourism Management, which was developed in partnership with the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Bologna, Italy. The DoT offers a Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management which is an integrated, interdisciplinary degree committed to high standards and quality in tourism teaching and research. Students graduate with a polished understanding of business management, environmental planning, economics, psychology, cultural studies, geography, marketing and management, as well as specific tourism sectors, such as airlines and transportation, tour operations hospitality and attractions management.

Scholarship seats are allocated by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport based on High School Certificate results in Geography and Mathematics.

Fee-paying applicants are required to have High School Certificate and must pass an English entrance examination organized by the university.

For each subject, students are assessed through mid-term test (20%), homework, presentations and assignments (20%), participation and attendance (20%), and a final examination (40%). At the end of the fourth year, students are required to write and present an original thesis or undertake a tourism industry practicum/internship, write a report and present their findings.

To be a leading program with excellence in tourism & hospitality education and research in the region

Deliver tourism and hospitality education, training, and research with highly competent graduates for tourism academic/research communities and tourism/hospitality industries

We SHINE through Superior Professionalism, Harmony, Integrity, and Nurturing Excellence.

Equip students with 21^st century skills and competencies for the tourism/hospitality industries, development, entrepreneurship, and a sense of responsibility

Program Educational Outcomes:

• To enable graduates to pursue post-graduation education and research in the field of tourism and hospitality and other related fields

• To equip graduates with professionalism and competencies necessary for successful careers in academic/research institutions and relevant industries

• To ensure that graduates have the abilities and qualities to adapt to the changing needs of the academic and professional communities

After finishing a four-year Tourism program provided by the Department of Tourism of the Royal University of Phnom Penh, students should be able to:

Knowledge

PLO1: Carry out professional services in tourism industry and tourism supporting businesses.

PLO2: Manage work in tourism business and work related to tourism in private sector, public institution, non-government organization, and community.

PLO3: prepare for further studies.

Cognitive skills

PLO4: Operate small businesses in and related to tourism (Become entrepreneurs). 

PLO5: Manage projects/research projects in and related to tourism with the sustainability perspectives.

PEO6: Solve problems in working environment with self-confidence and critical thinking.

Interpersonal skills and responsibility

PEO7: Use professional communication skills and technology for successful communication in working environment.

PEO8: Assume responsibility and moral in diverse working environment and society. 

Numerical skills, information technology and communication

PEO9: Utilize ICT related skills such as Words, Excels, Power Points, SPSS, e-mail and internet for work.

PEO10: Utilize descriptive statistics and numbers for work.

Psychomotor skills

PEO11: Develop tools such as video clips, flowcharts, and scripts for promotions and any performances.

PEO12: Demonstrate the short service performance in tourism and hospitality.

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Year 3

Year 4

BEE111 Business and Economic Environment

Although many millions of dollars are spent each year on introductory business and economic instruction in colleges and universities, the return on this investment has been disturbingly low. This course is designed as an introductory course to introduce students to the basic business and economic principles and environment. Students will be able to answer the business and economic questions after taking this course. Specifically, students will study the roles of tourism in economics and impact of economy on tourism, factors of demand and supply in economy, factors of production and business growth or challenges, market competition, market failure and market intervention in the economy. By taking this course students will be able to answer the business and economic questions after taking this course.

SBM112 Basic Computer Application

This subject introduces the Computer Office Application (Microsoft Office 2013) as step by step that is designed for beginning to intermediate-level computer users. The course program helps students quickly and efficiently with author, format, and publish all kind of Office Applications such as personal documents, data collection, reporting, assignment etc. Additionally, it offers a comprehensive look at the feature of Microsoft Office that most people will use most frequently. Students will learn how to use office tools and the new features in Microsoft Office for creating professional-looking documents that incorporate impressive graphics for their reports, assignments, or thesis.

ST113 Statistics for Tourism

The course is to make students understand the basic statistical concepts and techniques and how they can be applied in the field of business, economics in tourism as modern managers. The aim of the course is to build students' statistical background and to give them the statistical skills necessary to meet the needs of business and the real-world decision-making problems in tourism. Students will learn how civilization contributes to tourism and how tourism is beneficial for civilization.  

KWC114 Khmer Civilization

In this course, student focuses Cambodian Civilization. Civilization of the other countries around the world in relation to travel for tourism, business and other activities pattern. In particular. Students are introduced civilizations more such as learning about religions, cultures and paths to statehood, together with selections from their histories, scientific treaties, and political debates from ancient to modern, as well as the birth of travel and trade too. This course presents the history of civilizations, enabling students to understand them in their relevant civilization context. This course can add to the student’s knowledge of Cambodia’s events, which in one respect leads to the rise of civilization. Additionally, students will learn how civilization how significant civilization is for tourism and vice versa.

PRM121Principles of Management

This course is a study of the basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling resources to accomplish organizational goals. Special emphasis will be placed on skills necessary for a manager to be effective. The course will involve an overview approach to covering the various concepts required for an overall understanding of management’s role in the contemporary organization. Course serves as the first course for management majors in the discipline of management and is required for all BBA degrees and most other School of Business Administration undergraduate degrees. This course exposes students to the concepts and Principles of Management (PMG). In addition, it will apply the concept and framework to an organization. Students will learn what management is, who is manager as well as what kind of managers are in an international organization. Students will also be aware of the types of management levels with their similarities and differences. Moreover, they will learn the job responsibilities, job duties and tasks. At the end of the course, students will be assigned to conduct an individual/group assignment in order to find out the real practice in real workplace for what they learned in the field of management.

SOP122Social Psychology

This subject introduces students to the psychology of social behavior. Students will study such concepts as social influence, conformity and deviation, social attitudes and prejudice, socialization and personality, communication and propaganda, morals and leadership. This subject is designed to provide students with background knowledge in both psychology and sociology fundamentals, in order to provide a basis for future subjects such as socio-economic impacts of tourism, human resource management and tourist behavior management

AST123 ASEAN Studies for Tourism

The ASEAN Study for Tourism is an integrated course designed to provide learners with necessary and sufficient knowledge and understanding of the entrepreneurial environment in the countries of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations. Despite their diverse social and cultural backgrounds, the peoples of the ASEAN strive for “one vision, one identity, and one community”, which challenges their diversities and creates a dilemma in meeting their common goal and achieving their common future. It gives an important rationale for the introduction of this course, which aims to bridge the gap by familiarizing students with regional integration, free’ trade, and the ASEAN business climate and by promoting cross-cultural understanding among the peoples in the region.

GET126 Geography for Tourism

Why do people travel where they do, and how does their presence transform the world’s landscapes? This course explores the dynamic relationship between people, places, and the global travel industry. We move beyond “travel brochures” to critically examine tourism as a powerful geographic force—one capable of driving economic development, reshaping cultural identities, and challenging environmental sustainability.

KWH124 History of Cambodia

In this course, student focuses Cambodian History. The history of Cambodia and other countries around the world in relation to travel for tourism, business and other activities are included. In particular, students are introduced to history. While historical events are unique, they are often driven by similar, repeated forces. It is considered that this course can add to the student’s knowledge of Cambodian events, concerning history, and historical events will be explained in relations to tourism context.

PRC211 Public Relations and Communication Skills

Communication is one of the most important parts of our daily interactions with family members, relatives, friends, colleagues, and the public. Wishing to get along with other people well, some may become famous by having many friends and supporters, while others fail to do so. This course aims to assist students in improving their confidence and interactions with surrounding people by providing key strategies in reaching out to people and maintaining the good relationship through effective communication with people from diverse backgrounds, nationalities, and ages.

TTS212 Travel and Tourism System

This subject furnishes students with the fundamental understanding of Travel and Tourism as well as the Tourism System and its functioning components and illustrates how they impact and collaborate with each other. Students discuss the issues in tourism education and its roles in the functioning tourism system, as well as fundamental definitions and concepts related to contemporary tourism. Students then learn the factors which stimulate tourism demand and identify the forces that can impact tourism’s growth and decline. Additionally, this course will highlight the range of sectors of the tourism industry including transportation, accommodation, food and beverage, travel intermediaries, governments, social, culture, and tourism organization. Therefore, the course will describe how tourism works in the system, travel destination, travel motivations, environment for tourism, travel segment, and tourism marketing.

ATP213 ASEAN Tourism Products

The course is designed to provide students with necessary knowledge about the magnetism of places. It recognizes the importance of imminent regional integration, explores the distinctiveness of various attractions, exposes students to socio-cultural differences, and raises their cultural awareness of the ASEAN nations. These aspects are further concretized by the integration of tourism news reporting into the course. The course also brings practical experiences to students via various forms, and they are encouraged to join study visits to some of the ASEAN countries organized by the Faculty.   

 HRM214 Human Resource Management in hospitality and tourism

In this course exposes students to concepts and principles of human resource management. In addition, the course teaches them this knowledge to work in the institution. The students examine the roles of human resource in effective management and provide customer services in the organization. They learn the importance of human resources to the management process, and especially to the execution of strategic plans. Such as recruitment, selection, orientation, training, staff development, performance appraisal, motivation, compensation, human relation and the human resource function important to the functioning of the workplace are examined in detail.  The students investigate methods of the evaluation of human resource capabilities, as a way to gauge the success of the organization.

COB215 Consumer Behavior in Hospitality and Tourism Industry

This subject focuses on the psychological and behavioral perspectives of tourists. It considers the characteristics of the tourist, tourist motivations, decision making and destination image. The concepts of attitudes and the processes of attitude change are further explored. Aspects of on-site behavior will be examined including satisfaction, learning and cross-cultural contact. The course will examine the application of concepts to solving tourist behavior problems. Students will be familiarized with an array of analytical methods used to explore and understand tourist behavior.

CHM221 Cultural Heritage Management for Tourism

This subject examines the potential effects of tourism on culture and heritage. Students explore the concept of culture and heritage as a commodity, focusing on key aspects of cultural tourism, including products, marketing, authenticity and imagery. They also explore the concept of heritage tourism and discuss the role of national and international organizations in protecting and conserving cultural heritage sites. As a result, students learn to recognize and assess the significance of cultural heritage resources. Students then analyses the potential positive and negative impacts of tourism on cultures and heritage sites. They are then introduced to visitor and other strategic management approaches which help alleviate tourism’s impacts on heritage sites.

TOE222 Tourism and the Environment

In this subject, students examine the impacts of tourism on biophysical environments. They study social attitudes towards the environment, the roles of tourism and environmental management agencies and the impacts of tourism on a wide range of environments. Students then focus on current models of environmental tourism development, certification and education. In addition, environmental tools and techniques for achieving sustainable tourism are critically reviewed, with a particular focus on national parks, marine areas, and World Heritage areas. Finally, students examine key issues for tourism in protected areas, including wildlife tourism, visitor management, waste management and interpretation.

SCM223 Supply Chain Management

This course will introduce the students to the concepts, components and procedures of supply chain management. Students will learn the concepts and components related to supply chain management include plan and supply chain making, deliveries and returns, strategies, finance outsourcing and customer services. They will also learn when, how and why these are created and included in the supply chain management. Additionally, students will study the flows within the chain and how they are management. The actors in supply chain will be demonstrated.  Last, students will learn to analyze the role of supply chain in business operation and apply it in the tourism business environment.  

PAM224 Principle of Accounting for Tourism and Hospitality

This subject is designed to help students in understanding the accounting information, generating it and knowing how to use it appropriately. It consists of several chapters to be presented step by step from overview of the use of accounting information and financial statements, the fundamentals of data recording (T-account) up to the detail element cost of products or services. This course focuses on theories with practical exercises in class and research assignment individually and in group.

BCM225 Basic and Applied Concepts for Hospitality and Tourism Marketing

This course aims to provide students from different disciplines with a sound knowledge of important aspects of marketing theories and practice. Those fundamental marketing concept include the evolution of market and the marketing concept. The core concept of marketing mix and its environment have been discussed to provide the fundamental knowledge of marketing. Customer analysis and segmentation skills to identify the target and set up the positioning strategy and explore the world of customer value creation and marketing communications through the eyes of marketing and creative experts. It will also stimulate critical thinking and curiosity about the place of marketing in business and in society and raise awareness of ethical considerations for fostering sustainability. By taking the course students will supplement, extend and reinforce knowledge and skills developed in other specializations by gaining innovative perspectives to assist decision making capabilities in an unknown and complex future.

RBM311 Introduction to Research Methods for Tourism

This course introduces students to the foundations of research by providing a broad and clear understanding of research including key research terms, applications, methods, and other key research fundamentals. Students learn how to formulate clear research topics, problem statements, research questions, aims/objectives, and hypotheses. They also study variables. Additionally, they learn how to write literature, citations, and references. Last but not least, students study the research proposal. 

TOE312 Tourism Economics

Recreation, leisure and tourism continue to provide a fascinating field of study for economists. Tourism Economic course is designed to provide students with an understanding of economic theory, economic system for micro and macro economies, gaining a broad understanding of economic principles. This course focuses on scarcity principle, cost-benefit principle, opportunity cost, demand, supply, elasticity and other economic indicators. For other part of the sectors, the topics are including tourism enterprises, the balance of tourism payments, and tourism growth and national economies. Students learn practical techniques to measure economic impacts, including cost benefit analysis and multiplier techniques and also examine the role of tourism in economic development, and conduct an economic analysis of the environmental impact of tourism.

IET313 ICT and E-commerce for Tourism

The course is about information systems and communication technology (ICT) in business (and tourism) and in functional management to analyze and solve business problems. It is designed to make students familiarize the practical and efficient use of computer technology. The course illustrates the roles of ICT in enhancing business and management decision making across the organization, and the process of building and managing systems in organizations. 

EDI314 Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation

This course equips students with entrepreneurship knowledge of the tourism industry. Students will learn the concepts, processes, and types of entrepreneurships. They also learn entrepreneurship in small firms and cooperate with entrepreneurship. The characteristics and attitudes of entrepreneurs, the requirements of skills and management, and marketing for entrepreneurial organizations are discussed in the course. Furthermore, they learn marketing and strategies for entrepreneurship and how to prepare a business plan in the tourism industry. Beyond those, they study the concepts of innovation, what leads to innovation, and how innovation contributes to entrepreneurship development. Students will learn to initiate the new business through business plan development.

VAM315 Visitor and Attraction Management

Visitors and attractions are fundamental elements in the tourism system. Without them, tourism would cease to exist. As such, the success of a destination depends largely on the caliber of its attractions and the host’s ability to manage visitors in an appropriate manner. This subject examines a range of built, natural, cultural, and heritage attractions from both supply and demand perspectives and investigates the issues raised by visitation to sensitive attractions. Students gain an insight into planning and developing tourist attractions and focus on managing issues such as cross-cultural differences and on-site management strategies such as interpreting natural and cultural heritage for visitors.

IRM321 Intermediate Research Methods for Tourism

Building on knowledge gained from Introduction to Research Methods for Tourism, students will gain more knowledge on research methods for tourism. Students will study quantitative and qualitative methods. They will learn sampling techniques, survey types, questionnaire and interview question designs, and interview techniques. They will write the research proposal. Additionally, they will collect data, are introduced to data analysis methods and process data. Thus, students will apply the research methods into practice in tourism context. 

TIA322 Tourism Impact Assessment and Management

Tourism impacts tourist destinations in both positive and negative ways, encompassing economic, political, socio-cultural, environmental, and psychological dimensions. In this course, students examine the evolution of stakeholders’ sentiment and life cycle intertwined in a destination as tourism being developed as well as factors causing those psychological and developmental scenarios. From these they are introduced to the need for continuous monitoring and assessment of tourism development to ensure that tourism is developed in sustainable manners. Students will learn the range of positive and negative impacts which can result from tourism development, particularly on destination economies, environments, personal values, beliefs, perceptions and attitudes, etc. In due course, students are introduced to framework, approaches, and indicators they can develop to conduct tourism impact assessment in at a destination level so that they will eventually be able to trace impacts and develop appropriate management strategies.

STM323 Strategic Tourism Management

The course is designed to equip the students with adequate comprehension of strategic process, together with tasks assigned to strengthen strategic analysis, which is an initial and integral part in the strategic process. In this first stage, the strategic analysis by way of SWOT analysis considers of the internal environments and external environments, including the micro- and macro-environments, that influence the organization. Strategic selection constitutes the second stage in the strategic process, and it emphasizes competitive strategies (e.g. Porter’s generic strategy), strategic direction (e.g. Igor Ansoff’s product-market framework), and strategic methods for an organization. In this stage, students will have learned various strategic options, which serves as the basis of the decision on strategic direction, especially as to how the organization will strategically compete, what direction it will take, and what methods to be utilized. The students are then led to the last stage of the strategic process, i.e. strategic implementation, which takes into consideration of the organizational resources, the readiness of the organization’s culture and structure for the selected strategic choice, and management of change for the proposed strategy to be successfully implemented.   

FMT324 Financial Management for Hospitality and Tourism

This course is to provide students with a clear description of the financial management concepts, skills, and tool to become successful manager or entrepreneurs. The main part of the course is to provide tools for analyzing financial decision based on fundamental principles of modern financial theory. They also focus on obtaining and effectively utilizing the funds necessary for the operation of an enterprise, and consideration of alternative sources of funds. The topics included financial analysis, financial forecasting and time value of money, covering on capital budgeting, financial market, capital market, stock, bond, and exchange rate.

CAM325 Catering Management 

Food and beverage (F&B) is one of the most needed products when traveling. The provision of food and beverage away from home becomes a substantial part of the hospitality industry.  Like other tourism products, F&B sector is characterized by diversity in terms of size, ownership and operation procedures. The complexity of F&B operation requires knowledge, skill and competence to run and manage those outlets to yield profits for the business. 

ARM411 Applied Research Methods

The course is designed to provide the students mainly with applied research skills to formulate questions, designing research, and handling data collection and analysis, using SPSS (the Statistical Package for Social Sciences), to systematically solve practical/real world issues/problems. The course builds on the previous research methods courses the students have acquired in the preceding semesters. First, it sets out to review philosophical perspectives, key methodological concepts, and differences between the quantitative and qualitative methods to refresh and enhance the students’ previous knowledge and build a stronger paradigmatic scaffolding before getting to the core. The main contents of the course pivot around the research design and hands-on practices, producing outputs, interpretations, and presentation of the results.

PRM412 Project Management

This subject is to teach students on the concept knowledge of project management, project development process, the elements in helping to achieve the project goal, management structure, the role of project manager and the quality of being good manager. With a number of chapters to be presented in chronological order to help the students understand the insight of the subject, they have an opportunity to practice their knowledge through assignments.

CBT413 Community Based Tourism

Community-based tourism (CBT) is recognized as one of the most popular tools for integrated conservation and development. In the developing countries, including Cambodia, it is mostly employed as a tool for community development, decentralization of local resources, and local economic diversification. CBT has been identified as an alternative way to address issues of uneven wealth distribution and unsustainable environmental, economic and socio-cultural practices, and as a way to manage problems of agricultural overreliance. It is also endorsed as an effective way for host communities to develop their economies, build their skills set and capacity whilst maintaining environmental, social and cultural sustainability in the developed countries. This subject is designed to be a practice-based course utilizing service-learning approach. In the classroom setting, students will study the origin and concepts of this type of tourism, as well as discuss its potential benefits and costs, its integral development processes, and functions of stakeholder involvement. Then, students will be guided to conduct case study and work with local communities in a real CBT setting in order to design problem solving strategies that response to the issues they have identified in their research process.

TPP414 Tourism Policy and Planning

This course describes policy frameworks and planning strategies designed to encourage more sustainable forms of tourism. It places particular emphasis on critically assessing the processes used to guide tourism development from environmental and socio-cultural perspectives. Foundations for more integrated tourism development and management approaches are developed. In particular, this course introduces students to the overriding tourism policies including concepts such as management plan, guidelines, regulations and others that guide and regulate tourism development in a destination. Also, it presents students to approaches, techniques and strategies in relation to how those guiding and regulatory policies were planned and developed. In particular, it focuses on the influence and activities of government as well as other stakeholders with respect to tourism development and management in a destination. It examines the roles and responsibilities of tourism related organizations including national government agencies, world tourism organization, tourism industry and relevant stakeholders in materializing tourism policy, management plan, regulation, guidelines, etc. Students explore different approaches to legislating tourism policy and plan by a diversity of stakeholders including international entity, national government agency, private sector, and non-governmental organization or local communities, etc. To enhance their knowledge and understanding of the course, students will encourage them to critically review a number of case studies on policy development and implementation from countries with similar context to ours.

CEM415 Conference and Event Management

This course focuses on the conceptualization, planning, management and staging of conferences and special events. Firstly, students are introduced to special events planning, and its role within the tourism industry. They are then guided through the process of creating, planning and developing a special event or conference, focusing on strategic and operational planning. Students then learn about marketing and promotional techniques which are particular to this field, and how to apply them. Finally, students discuss the importance of coordination when managing a special event or conference, with an emphasis on logistics, evaluation and reporting.

HRM416 Hotel and Resort Management

This course is designed to instruct students about the management and operations of hotels and resorts. The ability to understand and analyze management principles and practices and apply them to operational issues and problems is a focus of this course. The purposes and functions of hotel policies and strategies are examined, including types of policies used within the hotel industry. The importance of hotel marketing and promotion is emphasized, while different kinds of hotels, products, and services are illustrated. Property management and the planning are examined. Reservations, check in, check out, food and average services, and customer relations and communication are the main focus of the course. Students will gain a working knowledge of the processes and requirements involved in operations in a hotel and resort complex.

PME421 Project Monitoring and Evaluation

This subject continues from project management course in semester 1, it extends students’ knowledge in monitoring project performance and monitoring and evaluation for development project. There are two main parts; first, it focus on development project such as developing a performance monitoring plan, approach to monitoring and project evaluation. Second, it is about monitoring project performance centers on changing landscape of project management, metrics, key performance indicators and dashboards.

BPD422 Business Plan Development Field Research

This course is designed to introduce students to necessary methods, techniques and tools they can use to conduct essential studies to prepare for developing an applicable or effective business plan. From this course, students are trained to gather sufficient appropriate information from all relevant sources and stakeholders in order to analyze and make up decisions on their ideal business objectives, on marketable tourism products or services, on choices for staffing and operation approaches, on market segmentation and marketing strategies, on responsible supply chain management, as well as on financial plan and future business risk management.

RCM423 Risk and Crisis Management

This subject build students’ understanding on tourism risk and crisis management both at destination and industry levels. Fundamental concepts and theories related to resilience and sustainability are explored prior to risk management process. This course provides holistic perspectives from different case studies and guest speakers from various institutions, so that students are able to capture and analyse the essence of theory and practice and finally arrive at their own conclusion.   

STD426 Sustainable Tourism Development and Management

This subject builds on students’ knowledge of sustainable tourism concepts, building on the three tenets of sustainability–sociocultural, environmental and economic sustainability. Students explore ways of incorporating stakeholder involvement in product development and marketing and analyze current ways of building community participation. They also explore sustainable planning and management strategies for tourism and learn how to assess and evaluate the sustainability of tourism projects and operations. Finally, students explore the issues surrounding the accreditation and certification of ecotourism enterprises, and study emerging best practices and technologies for the tourism industry.

TAO425 Travel Agency and Tour Operation

This course focuses on travel agency and tour operation, which is a sector of the tourism industry. Students are introduced to the travel agency and tour operation, its structure and functions, the range of services provided.​The role and function of the tour wholesaler, with an emphasis on the assemblage of the tour package and its marketing, and the role of tour operators and their place within the tourism system are also explored. By undertaking this course, students become familiar with travel agency operations, tour operation, and practices including reservations and ticketing, tour packaging of inbound and outbound travel, costing and pricing, product mix, and travel insurance, airline and accommodation reservations, travel documentation and ticketing. They are also introduced to the way in which travel agencies, tour wholesalers and tour operators work together to create tourism products for the consumer. In Addition, they will study the role of tour guides in a range Tourism industry. Moreover, they will learn how to arrange the package tour and sample of flights in Cambodia.

TPD 426 Tourism Product Development and Innovation

This subject enables student to identify and distinguish between the concept of tourism resources and products, as well as how to develop and innovate tourism product responsibly and sustainably. It introduces a number of approaches and methods utilizing for collecting market information, conducting market analysis, carrying out tourism resource inventory and undertaking stakeholder assessment in order to develop tourism products that are commercially viable and responsibly match between market needs and local / national development opportunities and objectives. The course also guides students through the process of assessing sustainable aspect of existing tourism products, as well as presenting them measures to convene stakeholder collaboration in developing and/or innovating tourism products. Eventually, students will be shown how to draw strategies and action plan that leads them to develop and innovate responsible and sustainable tourism products. 

Thesis Writing

Thesis is for year-4 students. In semester 2, year 4, students who have high GPA (or grade) can choose to write theses with the approval of the Department (more details are oriented to students when they are in year 4). They are not required to take courses—they defend their thesis reports to complete their studies.