International Black Sea University
Bachelor of Arts in Tourism
Tbilisi, Georgia
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor of Arts in Tourism at International Black Sea University trains students in core tourism and hospitality disciplines, combining classroom study, academic site visits, local excursions, and a strong internship component to build customer-service, management, communication, and organizational skills. It prepares students to handle operational and managerial challenges in travel, lodging, events, and attractions while promoting intercultural dialogue and lifelong learning.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles in travel, lodging, events, conventions and recreation, and travel marketing. Typical positions include tour operator, travel agent, hotel or resort manager, events coordinator, guest relations officer, attractions manager, and operations supervisor.
Tourism as the field of study draws upon a wide range of basic disciplines to provide the fundamental knowledge and skills that are required to fulfill the diverse demands placed upon individuals in management positions within the hospitality and tourism industry. The strong commitment of the program is the internship opportunity, in the curriculum there are integrated both academic site visits and trips to local attractions, it is the ideal way for students to develop customer service skills and learn to handle unique cases.
Successful Tourism Specialist
The hospitality and tourism industry offers abundant opportunity for students seeking careers, our successful graduates possess strong communication skills and desire to provide excellent services, they are detail-oriented, creative, organized, and dependable.
Employment
For our program graduates’ job scope is wide, consequently, they have a good capability to choose preferred fields and to be employed in: Travel Industry: tour operator companies, travel agencies and other travel tourism sectors. Lodging: hotels, resorts, meetings, conventions, expositions, restaurants, managed services.Recreation: attractions, gaming, parks.
