Course Duration: 1 year
Courses start: September (deadline for application:1st June)
Tuition Fee: € 10,500 ( including readers and compulsory books and social programme)
Location: Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Profile
The MA International Leisure and Tourism Studies (MAILTS) is designed to equip students with the necessary professional. academic and personal competencies to be able to play a significant role in the development of leisure and tourism at the local or regional district level. This role is based on an analytical, critical attitude in which you learn to make responsible decisions with an open mind to the interests of the community, the industry and the customer.

For whom
People who want to increase their understanding of Leisure and Tourism; People who want to acquire basic conipetencies to work as a professional in leisure and tourism e.g. as a policy maker, developer or planner at the regional or local level or as a consultant.

Theoretical perspectives on leisure and Tourism Foundation
Introduction to the concepts of leisure and tourism. Conceptual contributions from disciplines like philosophy, psychology, sociology, geography, and economics are explored.

Quality of leisure and tourism
The module discusses how leisure and tourism contribute to the Quality of Life of the people involved by looking at different value perspectives. It explores how leisure and tourism impact personal, social, economic, environmental and developmental aspects of human life simultaneously. Students are trained in constructing conceptual models, supporting them in preparing the dissertation proposal.

Policy and planning for leisure and tourism
Module focussing on strategic analysis. Introduction to the main aspects of the policy mid planning process. The emphasis is on policy and planning for sustainable development at the local and regional level. Project Cycle Management (developed by the European Union) is used as a basic approach.

Objectives
As a graduate from the MA programme in International Leisure and Tourism Studies and a future actor in the leisure and tourism industry you will be able to:

• monitor, describe and analyse relevant international and national developments in the leisure and tourism industry
• assess, understand individual, social, economic, environmental and developmental values of (planned) leisure and tourism developments;
• contribute to the planning and sustainable development of leisure and tourism at the local or regional level in the context of the national and international developments and based on a responsible and fair weighing of the interests of the stakeholders involved;
• apply appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods to collect meaningful information to support the decision-maldng process, both through desk research and field research;
• support your decisions with sound argumentation, both orally and in writing;
• demonstrate a well-developed system of personal values;
• demonstrate a set of effective leadership skills.

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Economics, Business Studies, Social Sciences, LeisureTourism, Hospitality or related fields;
  Students with non-economic or non-related Bachelors are evaluated on a per case basis;
• Work experience in related fields is not required but is recommended;
• TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based) or IELTS score of 6.0

Institutions

• CHN University