IGNOU Courses: Master of Arts in Tourism Management

The Master of Arts in Tourism Management (MTM) Programme is designed for those students who are interested in pursuing a career in tourism sector at managerial level. This is for aspiring entrepreneurs or those running their own tourism agencies. The programme consists of four semesters:

FIRST YEAR: I SEMESTER
MTM-01 Management Functions and Behaviour in Tourism (4 Credit)
MTM-02 Human Resource Planning and Development in Tourism (4 Credit)
MTM-03 Managing Personnel in Tourism (4 Credit)
MTM-04 Information Management and Information Systems in Tourism (4 Credit)

FIRST YEAR: II SEMESTER
MTM-05 Accounting, Finance and Working Capital for Tourism Managers (4 Credit)
MTM-06 Marketing for Tourism Managers (4 Credit)
MTM-07 Sales and Advertising Management in Tourism (4 Credit)
MTM-08 Managing Small Scale Enterprises in Tourism (4 Credit)

SECOND YEAR : III SEMESTER
MTM-09 Understanding Tourism Markets (4 Credit)
MTM-10 Tourism Impacts (4 Credit)
MTM-11 Tourism Planning and Development (4 Credit)
MTM-16 Dissertation (8 Credit)

SECOND YEAR : IV SEMESTER
MTM-12 Tourism Products: Design and Development (4 Credit)
MTM-13 Tourism Operations (4 Credit)
MTM-14 Tourist Transport Operations (Road Transport) (4 Credit)
MTM-15 Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Expositions (MICE) (4 Credit)

All students seeking admission under Category 2 (see table of Programmes) will have to pass the following four courses during their period of study.
TS-01 Foundation Course in Tourism (8 Credit)
TS-02 Tourism Development: Operations and Case Studies (8 Credit)
TS-03 Management in Tourism (8 Credit)
TS-06 Tourism Marketing (8 Credit)

Name of the Programme:
Master of Arts in Tourism Management (MTM)

Eligibility:
Category 1: BTS/BA (Tourism); B.Sc. Hospitality and Hotel Administration; Bachelor’s in Hotel Management (approved by AICTE) and those students who have done their graduation in any field along with a Diploma in Tourism, which is recognized in the University System or by AICTE. Category 2 : A Bachelor’s Degree in any field. However, all students of Category 2 will have to pass four additional Tourism foundation courses during their period of study.

Min. age Duration:
No Bar

Programme Fee:
Category I
Rs.3700/- (I year) Rs.3600/- (II year)
Category II
Rs.5300/- (I year)Rs.3600/- (II year)

Year Min. Max.
2 years 4 years

Medium:
English.

For more IGNOU MTM Admission Detail Contact Ms.Tangjakhombi Akoijam . E.mail id: akoijam@ignou.ac.in. Phone 011-29571113.