Diplomant turizma (un)/diplomantka turizma (un)

The qualification holder is qualified to:

(general competences)

• work constructively in a group,
• master research methods and professionally inquire about new organisational and management models associated with the process of creating tourism packages, services and products,
• properly apply acquired expertise in creating offers and managing processes, and in the organisation and control over the distribution of offers to users, 
• delegate tasks and responsibilities in the work process, 
• perform professional work autonomously, in terms of planning and effectively controlling business process functions at a tourism organisation,
• develop communication skills in work with employees and business partners, 
• commit to professional ethics in relations with business partners, employees and clients,
• manage expert working groups, and
• develop skills and transfer them and other knowledge to employees at the operational level.  

(subject-specific competences)

• demonstrate knowledge of and understand basic events and concepts in the tourism sector,
• understand basic information systems concepts,
• understand central concepts and applied approaches to destination management,
• understand the basic concepts of corporate economics,
• resolve specific work problems with the help of contemporary professional methods for studying tourism destinations and/or products and the management of tourism organisations,
• link knowledge of tourism with knowledge from the fields of entrepreneurship, finance, management, marketing, law, culture, sociology, psychology, geography and other fields,
• manage human resources,
• understand the role and importance of a tourism offer and/or product and its relation to other complementary activities, such as sport, preserving cultural heritage, promoting environmental awareness, etc.,
• understand the role and importance of a tourism offer for the economy and in preserving cultural heritage,
• understand the economic effects of the tourism industry,
• develop skills and apply acquired knowledge in the coordination, communication, management, planning and evaluation of tourism products, organisations and companies,
• use information and communication technologies, and master work with information systems at tourism organisations and destinations,
• master at least two foreign languages for good communication with business partners and clients in the tourism sector,
• analyse events in the work process and synthesise possible measures that will ensure the unhindered provision of services at an tourism organisation, notwithstanding the form of tourism,
• understand basic environmental principles, and the environmental protection and nature conservation standards required to provide quality tourism products,
• understand the provisions of codes of ethics in the tourism sector,
• understand basic concepts from logistical processes in the tourism sector,
• demonstrate knowledge of the basic psychology of users, and
• demonstrate knowledge of the importance of security in the contemporary tourism environment.