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Department of Tourism
Diploma in Tourism and Business Studies
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To equip students with in-depth knowledge of international tourism, wildlife, flora and fauna of East Africa
COURSE CONTENT
- Structure of travel and tourism
- Characteristic of world destinations
- Fundamentals of hotel and catering industry.
- Retail travel Operation
- Numeracy and statistics
- Business management and administration
- Tour operations
- Tourism and marketing promotion
- Management of travel and tourism operation.
- Accounting
- Touristic Geography
- Foreign language: German / French
- Environmental studies
- Introduction to computers
- Course project
- Touristic history
- Economics for Business.
- Hospitality Management.
- Management Theory and Practice.
- Tourism and Environment.
- Travel and Tourism Development
AWARD
The successful graduate of this course will be awarded a diploma in tourism and business studies (ICM).
CAREER PROSPECT
Career opportunities exist for graduates of this course in tour and travel companies, national parks, museums, cultural centers, hotel and lodges where they may be employed as tour officers, tour guides, reservationists, naturalist, tour leaders, on site guides and eventually as tour managers and reservation managers, all over the world.
UNIFORMS
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ENTRY MEAN GRADE
- Certificate - D (Plain)
- Diploma - C- (Minus)
- Advanced Diploma - Dioloma in Tourism & Business Studies
DURATION
- Diploma - 1 Year and 3 Terms
- Advanced Diploma - 1 Year
EXAM BODY
- Institute of Commercial Management (ICM-UK)
TUITION PER TERM/SEMESTER
- Diploma - Ksh 35,000
- Advanced Diploma - Ksh 35,000
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Diploma in Tour Guiding and Administration
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To equip students with in-depth knowledge of tourism, wildlife flora and fauna of Kenya and East Africa.
COURSE CONTENT
- Tour Administration
- Touristic History
- Tour Geography
- Environmental Studies;
- Current Specialization Project;
- Foreign language: German
- Introduction to Computers.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Career opportunities exist for graduates of this course in tourism and Travel Companies, cultural centers and museums where they may be employed as Tour Officers ,Tour Guides, Naturalists, Tour Leaders, On site Guides and eventually as Tour Managers.
UNIFORMS
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ENTRY MEAN GRADE
- Certificate - D (Plain)
- Diploma - C- (Minus)
DURATION
- Certificates - 1 Year
- Diploma - 1 Year and 3 Terms
CERTIFICATION
- Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA)
TUITION PER TERM/SEMESTER
- Certificate - Ksh 35,000
- Diploma - Ksh 35,000
AWARD
The successful graduates of this course are awarded Certificate in Tour Guide and Administration from Tsavo Institute of Technology and a professional certificate from Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA)
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Department Of Tourism
You have probably promised yourself that one day you will become a Tour Manager, Tour Marketer, Tour Operator, Travel Agent, Professional Tour guide, Lodge/Camp/Conservancy Naturalist, National park customer care Staff, Theme park attendant, Driver guide, Tourism business entrepreneur and many other opportunities that tourism has to offer.
The Tourism department aims to provide trainees with the requisite knowledge and skills founded on firm academic leadership, moral integrity, and professional ethics. Our vision is to exert a positive transformational change in tourism training, industry practice and standards in order to achieve world class excellence in service delivery while at the same time instilling an entrepreneurial spirit.
Through our diversification strategy, we now offer a wide range of Tourism courses which includes: Tourism Management, Tourism and Business studies, Tour Guiding management, Tour Guiding and Administration and Sustainable Tourism. Our strength as a department lies on our keen emphasis and commitment in practical sessions which are conducted on weekly basis including mandatory academic tours to major touristic circuits in Kenya.
After completing their course, our graduates are ready to work in various tourism establishments such as Tour operating firms, Travel Agencies, National/Game Parks and Conservancies, Airlines, Theme and Amusement parks, Museums, Lodges and Camps as naturalists, Cultural Centres or start their own Travel/ Tourism based enterprises- where many have excelled.
The following are the courses offered.
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