Course overview
A standalone qualification or your pathway to a bachelor degree at ICMS. For those with a love of travel, the Diploma of Business (International Tourism) equips you with the skills needed for a successful career in the diverse global tourism industry. This course introduces key concepts relating to the tourism industry. As your career develops, the knowledge and experience gained while studying the Diploma of International Tourism could lead you to working with businesses as diverse as airlines, attractions, tour operators and travel companies.
Aspire Institute is a trading name of the International College of Management, Sydney. The Diploma of Business (International Tourism) offers you a stand-alone qualification through the Aspire Institute or, should you wish to further your studies, you could choose to use your diploma qualification as a pathway into a bachelor program at ICMS, with completed specialisations and subjects counting towards your degree. Upon successful completion of the Diploma of Business (International Tourism) you will receive advanced standing for subjects in an ICMS bachelor degree.
All Aspire students are part of the ICMS student community, with lectures held at our Northern Beaches Campus and core business subjects at our City Campus, subject to availability. Aspire students receive dedicated academic support, including study skills.
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Fees and charges
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Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
Destination sales coordinator, guest relations assistant, resort manager, travel and tourism consultant, tour wholesaling and operations, tourism bureau consultant, regional destination coordinator, destination development manager, theming consultant, cruise director, assistant hotel manager, airline operations coordinator.
Majors
Areas of study
Apply technical business knowledge to a range of tourism industry contexts, appraise performance of self and others within a tourism business setting, describe solutions to routine tourism business situations, develop basic academic and applied research skills within a tourism context, develop technical and theoretical business knowledge of tourism and its concepts in some depth, explain the importance of ethical and sustainable business practices in a global tourism context, identify appropriate sources of data for problem solving in a global tourism industry context, name specialist tourism technology, present project findings in both written and personal presentation forms to diverse tourism industry audiences, use business management principles and motivational factors to diverse individuals and teams in the tourism industry.
Entry requirements
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Standard entry
- Applicants with recent secondary education Aspire Institute does not use ATAR selection ranks for admissions. Recommended studies: Completion of Australian Year 12 (or equivalent). International student applicants seeking entry into Aspire Institute Diploma courses are required to satisfy: - the academic entry requirements: Completion of Australian Year 12 (or equivalent). - the English language proficiency requirements where applicable: IELTS Overall 6.0
- Speaking 5.5 (or equivalent) Aspire Institute admission criteria. Additional selection criteria: A personal application interview may be required. ATAR: ATAR is not a requirement. Applicants with higher education study Refer to the ICMS general admission criteria . Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study Refer to the ICMS general admission criteria .
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Campuses & intake dates
- ManlyNSW