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Bachelor of Sustainable International Tourism

Build a future in sustainable tourism through practical learning, destination planning, hospitality training, and industry-focused study at UNRE.

Program Overview

The program is a four-year degree offered through the School of Sustainable Resource Management and Business Studies. It combines tourism, hospitality, business, sustainability, destination management, research, and practical industry experience.

Unlock Your Future in Sustainable Tourism

Through destination planning, hospitality, heritage interpretation, adventure tourism, community engagement, and entrepreneurship, students gain the skills needed to support responsible tourism development in Papua New Guinea and beyond.

Entry Requirements

Why Study Sustainable International Tourism With Us?

The program is designed to prepare graduates for modern tourism and hospitality systems with practical, interdisciplinary, and industry-relevant training.

Hands-On Learning

  • Apply classroom knowledge in tourism, hospitality, and destination settings.
  • Gain experience through work placements, field learning, and project work.
  • Build practical skills in customer service, event operations, and tour management.

Interdisciplinary Approach

  • Combines tourism with business, sustainability, marketing, hospitality, and research.
  • Builds a broader understanding of community-based and international tourism systems.

Community and Cultural Value

  • Supports heritage, historical, eco-, wildlife, and local community tourism.
  • Helps strengthen tourism as a pathway for livelihood and regional development.

Industry Connections

  • Includes work experience and industry-focused coursework.
  • Builds pathways into hospitality, events, travel services, and destination management.
  • Engages students with current tourism practice and entrepreneurship.

Degree Programs and Majors

The BSIT program prepares students across major tourism and hospitality practice areas.

Area 1

Hospitality and Visitor Services

Focus on hotels, food and beverage, customer service, and tourism operations.

Area 2

Destination and Attraction Management

Study planning, visitor management, attractions, and destination development.

Area 3

Adventure, Heritage and Community Tourism

Build skills in eco-tourism, wildlife tourism, local community engagement, and heritage tourism.

Area 4

Events and Cruise Tourism

Develop capability in festivals, MICE, cruise industry operations, and tourism experiences.

Area 5

Tourism Business and Entrepreneurship

Strengthen knowledge in accounting, marketing, business management, and small business planning.

Course Structure

Selected courses from Year 1 to Year 4 of the program.

Year 1 Courses

Semester 1
  • SIT111 Introduction to Tourism
  • SIT112 Geography & History Essentials for Tourism
  • SIT113 Global Society & Culture
  • SIT114 Introduction to Information Technology
  • STA114 Communication Skills
Semester 2
  • SIT122 Introduction to Hospitality
  • SIT125 Introduction to Accounting
  • SIT127 English Language Skills
  • SLP121 Natural Resource Conservation & Utilisation
  • STA122 Applied Mathematics

Year 2 Courses

Semester 1
  • SIT211 Contemporary Case Studies in International Tourism
  • SIT213 Introduction to Marketing
  • SIT216 Restaurant, F&B and Hotels
  • STA212 Statistics
Semester 2
  • SIT222 Contemporary Case Studies in Regional Tourism in PNG
  • SIT225 Customer Satisfaction & Consumer Behavior
  • SIT227 The Cruise Industry
  • SIT229 Business Management

Year 3 Courses

Semester 1
  • A313 Work Experience
  • SIT312 Human Resource Management
  • SIT313 Eco & Wildlife Tourism
  • SIT316 Destination & Attraction Management
Semester 2
  • SIT324 Tour Management & Tour Guiding
  • SIT326 Adventure Tourism
  • SIT327 Events, Festivals & MICE
  • STA322 Research Methods

Year 4 Courses

Semester 1
  • Special Project I / Industry Training
  • SIT412 Sustainable Tourism
  • SIT414 Entrepreneurship & Small Business Planning
  • SIT415 Visitor Management
Semester 2
  • Special Project II
  • SIT421 Working with Local Communities
  • SIT424 Health, Safety, Security & the Overseas Visitor
  • STA423 Marketing Management

Entry Requirements

Applicants must meet the minimum entry requirements for admission into the BSIT program.

  • Grade 12 Higher School Certificate or equivalent.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0.
  • Prerequisite subjects include Language and Literature, Maths, Economics, Geography or History.

Career Opportunities

Graduates are prepared for diverse careers in tourism, hospitality, destination management, events, and community-based tourism development.

Careers

Professional Roles

Graduates can work as tour guides, tourism officers, hospitality supervisors, event coordinators, destination planners, heritage tourism officers, and tourism entrepreneurs.

Industry

Employment Sectors

Opportunities exist in hotels, visitor services, travel agencies, tourism authorities, cruise tourism, community tourism ventures, museums, and conservation organisations.

Impact

Sustainable Tourism Leadership

Graduates are positioned to support responsible tourism growth, local livelihoods, cultural heritage protection, and sustainable visitor development.

Department Contact

Contact the tourism program for admissions and course enquiries.

Program Contact

Bachelor of Sustainable International Tourism
School of Sustainable Resource Management and Business Studies

Phone & Email

Program Email: unrecoordinatortourism@gmail.com
Admissions: studentadmin@unre.ac.pg
General Enquiries: publicrelations@unre.ac.pg

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Study sustainable tourism at UNRE and help shape responsible tourism futures for Papua New Guinea.

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