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Campus TourTourism & Resort Management
Contact: Paul McGurr , Ph.D
Education Business Hall (EBH 136)
Put tourism and resort management at the heart of your Business Administration degree. And Durango becomes the best place to study. Tourism makes up 30 percent of our local economy.
The Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango Mountain Resort, Mesa Verde National Park, among other attractions, and even those who come here to hike and camp create our tourism industry. By focusing on tourism and resort management, you can become involved in these businesses and the numerous events that draw people to Southwest Colorado.
Professors use guest speakers, professional experience and a semester-long project to teach tourism and resort management. In the final project, teams of four or five students select a region of the world and plan a week-to-10 day group tour of that area. Students also plan a banquet for 60 to 80 people featuring cuisine of their chosen region.
This industry will continue to grow and serve national and international markets. As it does, it will need future leaders and managers with better education and broader perspectives.
Fort Lewis is an alternative to the big university, offering attentive hands-on teaching. Because we focus purely on undergraduate business majors, you'll interact with faculty, and not graduate students.
Recent decades have witnessed the phenomenal growth of service industries. The service sector of the economy now accounts for most of the job opportunities. In this region of the country the leading service industry is the tourism industry, a major portion of this industry is located in growing year-round resorts. This industry will continue to grow and serve national and international markets. As it does, it will need future leaders and managers with better education and broader perspectives. The tourism and resort management option addresses this need.
The Business Administration major with a tourism and resort management option provides a general understanding of the management challenges and organizational practices of a complex and diverse industry. The use of analytical tools and techniques for decision making, the development of the capacity for critical thought and leadership, and the ability to work with others will be significantly improved by interaction with regional companies through field projects in most courses and a required work experience.
Degree requirements
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