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Welcome! We are are looking forward to meeting you and for you to join our community of changemakers to make tourism better.
Available course dates and booking details
We run two types of courses: self-study courses which can be taken at any time, and a limited number of scheduled courses, so please check out our available dates and book on our learning platform here: International Centre for Responsible Tourism global
How much does it cost?
What does each course include?
The course consists of videos of lectures, interviews, and conversations, written course material, and links to further reading and resources. It has been designed to offer a solid introduction to addressing overtourism and encourages you to explore in greater depth, now or in the future, those areas of particular interest or utility to you and the people in your community or you work with. The scheduled courses include:
Our courses will be run at different times of day so they suit different time zones.
SCHEDULED COURSES
“This course provided exceptionally valuable insights into Responsible Tourism and gave me actionable insights to help build a better and fairer travel industry” Ewan Cluckie, Tripseed DMC, Thailand
How do the Scheduled courses run from week to week?
| Subjects | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Unit 1. What is Responsible Tourism? | Week 1: Online Meeting and Unit 1 released. Each Unit is studied for two weeks. |
| Unit 2. Where has Responsible Tourism come from? | Week 3: Unit 2 released for private online study |
| Unit 3. The business case for Responsible Tourism | Week 5: Online Meeting and Unit 3 released |
| Unit 4. Responsible Tourism in destinations | Week 7: Unit 4 released for private online study |
| Unit 5. From Theory to Practice | Week 9 : Online Meeting and Unit 5 released Week 10: Unit 5 Completed |
| Final Report | Week 12: Report Submitted |
| Professional Certificate | Week 14: Certificate issued |
| Subjects | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Unit 1. What is the overtourism problem? | Week 1: Online Meeting and Unit 1 released. |
| Unit 2. Analysing the causes of overtourism | Week 3: Unit 2 released for private online study. |
| Unit 3. What can the tourism industry do to mitigate overtourism? | Week 5: Online Meeting and Unit 3 released. |
| Unit 4. Managing overtourism in destinations Part 1 Unit 5 Managing overtourism in destinations Part 2 | Week 7: Unit 4 released for private online study. Week 9: Online Meeting and Unit 5 released |
| Unit 6. From theory to practice | Week 11: Unit 6 Released Week 12: Unit 6 Completed |
| Final Report | Week 14: Report Submitted |
| Professional Certificate | Week 16: Certificate Issued |
SELF-STUDY COURSES
“This course has reinforced that tourism can and should make a positive impact as well as highlight the ongoing issues and challenges we have as an industry.” Katie Cosstick, the Latin American Travel Association (LATA)
What if I want to do the course in my own time?
You don’t have to adhere to our dedicated course dates. You can sign up and undertake the course in your own time and at your own pace. The self-studied online courses include:
Cancellation and rescheduling policy
We understand circumstances can change and so courses can be cancelled by email up to five working days before the course start date for a full refund, minus a £20 administrative fee. Email: info@icrt.global
Alternatively, you can reschedule the course for a later date at no extra charge. Or you can transfer the booked course to someone else, also at no extra charge.
Pre-enrol
If you’re interested but not ready to book, please pre-enrol and we’ll keep you posted as we release new courses, or new course dates. PRE-ENROL NOW
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