Tourism and recreation complex management

Tourism and recreation complex management is focused on the formation of graduates competencies sufficient for the development and implementation of comprehensive planning and management programs aimed at the development of territories of the region, taking into account their tourism and recreational potential. The choice of the profile is justified by the necessity of education highly professional staff in the field of tourism, since in modern conditions the development of tourist and recreational complexes is a priority direction of state policy of the Russian Federation. The program is implemented taking into account the requirements of professional standards «Manager of hotel complex/network of hotels», «Manager of catering» and leading representatives of business environment.

Areas and spheres of professional activity of graduates include work related to the activities of tourist infrastructure facilities and tourist services; activities on design, integrated development and management of tourist areas; activities on development and evaluation of projects in the field of tourism.

Core disciplines:

• Organizational design and project management,
• Technologies of tourist-recreational designing and development of territories, Innovative management of tour operator and travel agency services,
• Ensuring safety in tourism,
• Trends in hotel and restaurant business in modern conditions etc.

Professional competencies:

A graduate of the program has a set of necessary competences for making competent decisions in the field of management of tourism enterprises, hotel and restaurant business and tourist and recreational complexes. Theoretical knowledge and practical skills are sufficient for scientific and educational activities.

Area of professional activity:

Program graduates will find application in administrative and management structures (bodies of coordination of tourist activity) of federal, regional and district levels; in hotel and restaurant business; in sanatorium-resort activity; in the enterprises engaged in the organization of sports and recreational, cultural and mass activities; transport companies, tour operators and travel agencies.

The uniqueness of studying at VVSU:

• Highly-qualified teaching staff (candidates and doctors of sciences, well-known scientists, practitioners in different spheres of tourism activity, etc.);
• Practice-oriented education is ensured through an extensive practice base at tourism enterprises, state and municipal authorities;
• Availability of a specialized laboratory complex with a wide range of technological equipment;
• Using of modern information technologies in educational process: classrooms with multimedia equipment, licensed program «Project Expert», reservation systems «Siren» and «Sabre», Logus Hospitality Management System, EXPSS.