Students will be introduced to research methods in tourism and the process of managing and conducting secondary and primary research from conception to completion.

First, students will explore both supply and demand sides of tourism destinations, including the tourism industry, government and relevant stakeholders, tourists, and critical infrastructure and amenities needed for sustainable tourism development. Then, contemporary issues threatening the world’s stability such as climate change, depletion of natural resources, depopulation and the aging society, and extractive governance will be analysed. This course will also analyse issues of undertourism and overtourism in various destinations around the world. The existence of tourism against this backdrop will be examined.

Examine the structure of the global tourism industry. Marketing and demarketing to either stimulate or discourage growth. Best practices of travel agency and tour operator will be invited to present success stories and challenges faced by the industry.

The course explores trends, theory, and practice of cultural and heritage management. Students will participate in fieldwork and engage with local authorities working at world heritage sites. Special events play a crucial role in promoting sustainable event management.

The Sustainable Tourism Research Seminar Series provide a platform for students, faculty members, key-note speakers to showcase best practices in the sustainable tourism industry and destinations, students’ research, and other emerging issues facing international tourism as well as student research.

Tourism resilience is a precondition for sustainable tourism destinations. Risk management process for human and natural induced hazards are identified, assessed, analsed, and mitigate at various destinations discussed. Students are required to join fieldwork exercises either with the tourism industry or at destination level.

One of challenges of community-based tourism or eco-tourism (CBT/CBET) is the weak foundation of enterprise development. CBT/CBET is increasing in importance as an economic sector, and Cambodia is leading the ASEAN community in developing good practice. Working with communities requires sensitive management, this guides candidates from leading examples of best practice and sound economic theory.

Explore the cultural origins and new trends in foods and drinks in tourism and their relations with sustainability. Issues of food waste, foods as identity, and foods’ hygiene and sanitation will be examined. This course will also provide students with creative and innovative tools to manage sustainable gastronomic tourism, particularly in rural destinations.

Demonstrate the critical importance of tourism policy to the competitiveness and sustainability of a destination and relates tourism planning to policy making. The course outlines the structure, content and formation of tourism policy and the planning and management strategies articulated in the context of social, economic, political and environmental impacts of tourism. Students will be introduced to case studies worldwide to appreciate the geographical specificities of, and develop a critical perspective towards, tourism policy and planning.

Tourism destinations, especially businesses, must understand how to effectively develop, lead, and manage innovation and change so that they are capable to thrive in their markets. This course introduces students to the key skills needed to generate an innovative/learning organization culture that leads to relevant tourism product and service offerings.

Students will acquire the necessary skills of not only linear product development cycle but also a more flexible and dynamic cycle to create and launch new tourism products, apply new technologies to innovate in tourism companies and destinations, and design products and services to compete in the international market.

Sustainable Human Resource Management has emerged as the new standard for managing people. It focuses on achieving positive financial, social, human, and ecological outcomes both in the short term and the long term. The aim of this course is to equip students with knowledge and understanding of HRM within the context of sustainability.