Tourism and Community Building

TMGT 4080
Closed
Thompson Rivers University (TRU)
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Professor
1
Timeline
  • January 12, 2021
    Experience start
  • February 3, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 3, 2021
    Project Progress Meeting
  • March 24, 2021
    Project Progress Meeting
  • April 14, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Social Enterprise, Non profit, Family-Owned
Travel & tourism

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Humanities Social sciences Hospitality, tourism & culinary arts
Skills
tourism management tourism programming strategy marketing research
Student goals and capabilities

Are you a public, nonprofit, or small business in the tourism/hospitality industry? Do you have a challenge related to navigating the industry that you would like to tackle? Tourism is a powerful force in today's world, and our students are at the end of a four-year degree program that has taught them about tourism's importance, not only economically, but also environmentally, socially, culturally, and politically. In this project, student teams will apply the skills they have gained to help tourism organizations that serve local communities and promote the greater good.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
20 Students
Project
15 hours per Student
Students self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables might include:

  1. 10 minute presentation of key findings and recommendations
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights, and recommendations
Project timeline
  • January 12, 2021
    Experience start
  • February 3, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 3, 2021
    Project Progress Meeting
  • March 24, 2021
    Project Progress Meeting
  • April 14, 2021
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Beginning in January, students in groups of 3-5 will work with your organization to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project activities might include but are not limited to:

  • Creative tourism programming ideas (including virtual engagement during COVID and beyond)
  • Advice on cultural representation
  • Marketing and promotion ideas
  • Equity- and sustainability-informed perspectives

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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