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JOIN THE EXCITING WORLD OF ADVENTURE TOURISM!
Adventure tourism is an exciting fast growing industry! This course explains the sources and types of opportunities available in the market. You will also learn about the special needs of clients in this industry.
Other topics include: outdoor adventure and management training, the customer, artificial environments, supply, geography, sustainability, and environmental impacts. This course develops a capacity to plan and manage the provision of adventure tourism services.
[More info & enrolment: ADVENTURE TOURISM - BTR302]
This course develops skills in bushcraft, while building an understanding of wilderness skills and an ability to manage the needs of a group of people while in a wilderness area. This course is useful to people who may have a recreational interest in wilderness exploration, orienteers, tour guides, scout leaders, or ecotour business owners.
[More info & enrolment: BUSHCRAFT & WILDERNESS ACTIVITIES BTR201]
LEARN TO ESTABLISH AN ECOTOURISM BUSINESS!
Tourism is now a boom industry and a major employer of recreationists in the country. Ecotourism has emerged out of a growing interest in outdoor adventure activities - from mountaineering to low impact bushwalking.
Establishing such an enterprise requires an understanding of a wide range of issues including: legal considerations, safety, accommodation, the tour desk as a first point of contact, destinations, and management. This course develops your ability to establish and operate an ecotourism enterprise.
[More info & enrolment: ECOTOUR MANAGEMENT BTR101]
This course develops your ability to organise and conduct ecotourism services including tours and activities. This could range from guided tours, overnight walks and treks, or self guided interpretive walks. Ecotourism is the combination of Ecology and Tourism. Ecotourism is an industry that has developed hugely in recent years. It reflects both of the aims of modern conservation: husbandry of resources and protection of the environment. Modern ecotourism strives to be sustainable, so that the activities that are taking place can continue to do so. This course will introduce you to some of the aspects of ecotourism guiding including environmental awareness, planning tours,displays and interpretive aids, plant and animal interpretation.
[More info & enrolment: ECOTOURISM TOUR GUIDE COURSE BTR301]
Develop your ability to establish, operate and manage an ecotourism enterprise and increase your knowledge in all aspects of running such a venture; through studies covering management of issues such as safety, legal consideratons, destinations, accommodation, and management issues, planning, organising and conducting ecotourism services (such as guiding and tours).This is awarded upon completion of: a) Three Ecotourism courses and b) A workplace project or work experience (approved by a tutor and equal to 200 hours)
[More info & enrolment: PROFICIENCY AWARD IN ECOTOURISM BTR103]
