Tourism

The thousands of tourists who climb Peru’s Machu Picchu every month bring in a lot of money, but they also put a tremendous strain on the local ecosystem and community. The same is true of the way we travel around the world. If we want to be more sustainable, we must change how we travel. Do you want to help find solutions? Then the English-taught Tourism bachelor’s programme is where you want to be.

What will you study during this Bachelor’s?

You learn about tourism’s close connections to society, the economy, nature, and climate. The world is changing, and this demands we reshape how we travel. How should we reduce our fossil fuel use in travel? How could we reinvent our current modes of travel? This study is all about questions like these.

The Tourism bachelor’s programme is a joint degree offered by Breda University of Applied Sciences and Wageningen University & Research. You complete the first two years of your degree in Breda, the Dutch city of tourism, and finish in Wageningen, the Dutch hotspot for science and sustainability.

This is a fantastic combination and the best of both worlds. Expand your horizons and make the planet a better place!  

Why this programme?

• The programme combines social, economic, and environmental sciences: the only one of its kind in the Netherlands.  
• Tourism is one of the most important sectors in the world. This is a booming sector, so the potential for change is huge. Employers around the world will be after your knowledge to make their organisations more sustainable.
• You will soon have a joint academic degree from Wageningen University & Research and Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas): the best of both worlds! 

More information about Tourism

Want to know more? Continue to the WUR website. Read more about the study programme, future career, and everything about admission and application.