Diploma in Tourism Management

Internationally, the tourism industry has emerged as the biggest provider of jobs. It provides jobs to a great array of cross-disciplinary stakeholders from many other industries. The energetic growth and development of the tourism industry in Sabah is currently the most rapid in the region. The rapid synergistic interaction between tourism and other industries in recent times has brought about a fundamental need to manage tourism more efficiently.

The Diploma in Tourism Management (DTM) is designed to provide students with insights to both the local and international tourism scenes. It focuses on business basics of the tourism industry plus the cross-cultural and social competence in managing tourists. A multitude of activities will be planned to provide leadership and professional competence to students enrolled in this programme.

In this programme, not only will you be exposed to creative ideas and innovative tourism product design, but you will also have an in-depth study of the different cultures and attractions around the world. This is to ensure that students pursuing this programme will be all-rounders with multiple skills, and are ready to venture into a variety of tourism opportunities, existing locally as well as globally.