Master in Management of Tourism Destinations
Tarragona, Spain
DURATION
2 up to 4 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Sep 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
Blended, Distance Learning
* Application period opens every moth of month of March and remains available whilst there are vacancies.
Key Summary
Introduction
The main aim of this 60 ECTS credits Master is to provide advanced education in the strategic management and marketing of destinations and tourist territories. The program specifically aims at capacitating, innovation, and leadership in the competitive and sustainable development of tourism, based on the recognition of its economic, social and cultural complexity and importance.
The study program of this Masters Course in the Management of Tourism Destinations thus covers conceptual, analytical and critical knowledge on the management, planning, and governance of destinations, and their promotion and communication involving the main trends that define the present and future evolution of leisure and mobility in their productive and entrepreneurial dimension as well as social phenomena.
You can choose to follow this master's degree online or blended mode. That is:
- From end of September to mid-December, teaching is always online.
- From mid-January to beginning of May, you can choose to attend the classes in streaming or face-to-face in Vila-seca (Tarragona).
There are 10 places for blended mode and 15 places for online mode.
External practices
Internships are an optional subject, available for both online and face-to-face. They can be made at the Tourism Board, in cultural facilities, tourism companies which may be national or international, meaning the student can do it in their country of origin.
Admissions
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Scholarships and Funding
Grants financed by the university
One of the aims of the university is to facilitate access to higher education and to prevent exclusion for financial reasons. For that reason, every year, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili offers three kind of scholarships:
- URV Master’s Grants
- URV Master’s AUIP Grants
- Grants for initiation in teaching and research URV -BIDI.
Application period opens every April and closes every month of June.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
Graduates in the University master's degree in Management of Tourism Destinations are capable of working in:
- Planner and Strategic Manager of Tourist Destinations; Manager of Destinations; Manager of Destination Development and Quality Plans; Director of Destination Programmes and Technician for Tourism Planning
- Corporate Director of Organisations, Manager of Non-Profit Organisations in Tourism; Director of Business Tourism Group (hotel chain, intermediation, leisure corporations,...); Director of Tourism Company and Director of Tourism Division in a Business Group
- Director of Tourism Product; Manager of Specific Products and Technician for Tourism Product Development
- Operational Director; Director of Information, Promotion and Tourism Commercialisation; Director of Product in an Organisation; Director of Management Areas.
- Director of Marketing and Digital Marketing; Director of Tourism Promotion and Commercialization; Director of Tourism Destination Branding; Director of Tourism Information, Promotion and Commercialization.
The research fields that the master's degree tries to cover are the following:
- R+D+I manager; Consultant/Advisor and Analyst.
- Professor/Research Assistant; Professors who teach tourism at different levels with a strong international perspective and Researchers accredited by the academic structure, doctors.