Studying in tourism - Le Figaro Studiant

Who said that going on an adventure and discovering the world was incompatible with a professional career?We reveal everything about tourism studies after the bac!

What do we study in tourism?

Tourism studies allow access to trades turned towards leisure and travel.If you want to evolve in this area, you will be led to perfect your general culture, sharpen your sense of customer relations, develop tailor-made tourist offers and master the necessary information on this subject.

You will take foreign language courses, with English in living tongue 1 (LV1) and generally a LV2 of your choice between Italian, Spanish, German or Chinese for example.You will learn to master digital tools and new technologies in order to easily proceed to the e-commercialization of tourism products.You will also have to study tourism in the context of the territory, in other words the geography of the tourist world.

The qualities necessary to study and work in tourism

The tourism sector requires essential skills that are soft skills (skills).Flexibility, autonomy, organization and agility testify to your adaptability in any situation.

In parallel, other qualities are necessary to become a tourism expert

● have a sense of service and listen;

● Master one to several foreign languages;

● Adopt language 3.0 and new communication levers (social networks, blogs, data and web marketing);

● Develop your curiosity and cultural adaptability;

● Feel comfortable working in a team.

The various courses to study tourism

To embark on tourism studies, many training courses are offered, allowing you to access the career of your dreams according to the level of study you aim.

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After obtaining the general, technological or professional baccalaureate, several options are available to you:

● BTS specializing in tourism (ideally local tourist animation and management) in a technological high school.This Bac+2 level diploma is preparing in two years.It is possible to follow an initial training or alternation according to the establishments;

● BTS Operational Commercial Management (MCO), also at Bac+2 level, including if you come from a professional baccalaureate in trade and sales professions;

● The goal with the technical marketing mention (TC), at Bac+3 level to be carried out within an IUT;

● A title in tourism in a business school, a specialized establishment, or a university, with a terminal level of studies at BAC+5.

Good to know: from the start of the 2021 school year, the goal (technological university bachelor) replaces the DUT.It takes place over a period of three years within universities and issues a bac+3 level.

What schools to study in tourism?

Accessible after the bac, many specialized schools deliver tourism training which lasts between 2 and 5 years.Generally, to be admitted to a tourism school, you must pass a entrance examination.If you succeed, you have the possibility to follow an initial training or to benefit from the work -study according to the school to which you turn.Thus, you are trained to become an expert in tourism and international hotels.

Whatever the training course for which you will opt, there are different types of establishments:

● Private and paid establishments (higher schools, institutes or high schools) whose rates range is between 1,000 and 12,000 euros (for the most expensive training);

● Public establishments (universities or high schools).

You can integrate different curriculum according to your career choices and according to your journey.

● The Bachelor course: accessible to holders of a minimum bac+2, the training proposing to obtain a bachelor last 1 year;

● The MBA curriculum: Second cycle which is aimed at people with a minimum bac +3, lasting 2 years.Focused on professional experience, the MBA includes internships in business or offers work -study depending on the establishments.Note that alternation remains an excellent option to finance your studies.

● Le Cursus Master (Bac+5 level): the master's Master Tourism is preparing in 2 years.It is preferable to have obtained a license (bac +3) specialized in the field of tourism.

Depending on the diploma you prepare, it is possible to follow a distance education.You can also perform training in full -time or apprenticeship tourism, this again depending on your professional projects.

At the end of the training chosen, you receive a State diploma or titles recognized by the State and appearing in the National Directory of Professional Certifications (RNCP).