Heritage & Cultural Tourism
Funded Places Available!
Heritage and culture are important concepts to understand the tourism phenomenon. This course draws on a range of academic disciplines to critically analyse practices in heritage and cultural tourism introducing to individuals to both historical and contemporary debates about culture, power relationships, and social changes and how they underpin the development of tourism products. It aims to discuss the conflicts and tensions between the concepts of heritage, culture and tourism. Using international case studies participants will be able to develop a critical approach to the niche of heritage and cultural tourism as well as enhance the awareness regarding the importance of these concepts to the development of the tourism industry.
In this course, participants will explore:
- Meaning and usage of heritage
- Heritage tourism demand and supply
- Overtourism and heritage attractions management
- Other contemporary debates in heritage and cultural tourism sector
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Critically analyse the role played by heritage and culture in the tourism industry
- Evaluate the growth and development of heritage and culture tourism within the natural and built environments
- Review the place of culture and heritage in post-modern societies
- Discuss and evaluate the relevance of heritage and culture in an international and globalised world
We are delighted that we have a number of FULLY FUNDED places available to anyone living and/or working in Scotland via the UWS Upskilling Fund. We anticipate that these places will fill up quickly, for further information and to apply please visit the dedicated CPD site.