Sustainable Regional and Destination Development (Master)

Why is it worth to study Sustainable Regional and Destination Development?

Graduates are able

to independently acquire new scientific findings from regional and tourism research, assess them and apply them in practice.
to involve stakeholders with divergent goals in strategic development processes and moderate between the opposing positions.
to analyse actual situations at company, regional and national level and thus assess the respective development potential.
to create organisational, technical and financial preconditions for the implementation of strategies and also to manage complex implementation processes operationally.

What are the main topics of the study programme?

Graduates have subject-specific and content-related skills

to analyse structures and processes in regions and destinations,
to understand the role of the individual stakeholders and classify their interaction.

On this basis, they have the ability to define strategic goals in cooperation with the stakeholders and to start and control the necessary processes during implementation.

What career opportunities do I have with this degree?

Graduates are well prepared for a high-level position in the management of tourist companies, in corporate organisations, in interest groups and consulting firms. Of course there are also fields of work in the public sector (regional management, spatial planning).

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What are further opportunities for graduates of this programme at the University of Innsbruck?