Department of Tourism Studies

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       As a part of responsibility towards society, the Central University of Kerala has the need to prepare professionals with tourism education to fill the gap between trained manpower demand and shortage in the available supply. Authorities of the University have decided to offer a two-year full-time post graduate programme in Master of Business Administration inTourism & Travel Management – MBA (TTM) to cater the needs of industry at managerial level to advance the growth of tourism industry.

       The Department of Tourism Studies (DTS) started with a Master Programme on 30th July 2019 under the roof of School of Business Studies, Central University of Kerala. The department focused to prepare skilled and competent tourism professionals by offering Post Graduation in Tourism and Travel Management. The department offers a great opportunity for the students to opt into different sectors of tourism such as Tour Operation Management, Airline and Cargo Management, Special Interest Tourism, Event Management and many more.

VISION

       To become a center of knowledge imparting Tourism Education and Research in the country to meet national and international human resource requirements.

MISSION

       To prepare the young aspirants to gain professional skills to empower them to lead the tourism business and to creatively think for the benefit of the community, industry, and the nation.

GOALS

The Department aims at,

• Preparing young and dynamic professionals, entrepreneurs and researchers in the field of tourism,.
• Contributing in developing socially responsible business models and;
• Collaborating with tourism stakeholders for knowledge and idea sharing

CORE VALUES

The Department perceives that

• Humaneness, kindness, honesty and positive thinking as qualities essential to work with and for people.
• Integrity, ethics, mutual appreciation and respect as the core values for having a healthy and productive work culture.

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