MA in Tourism and Culture

Municipalities, heritage centres, publishers and travel organisations are increasingly looking for academically trained professionals who can creatively and critically reflect on tourism as a cultural phenomenon and who can provide tourists with enticing ideas and well-informed stories.

This master’s specialisation will train you to analyze and critically reflect on contemporary trends in tourism and heritage management, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of (for instance) dark tourism, film-induced tourism, and sustainable tourism. Enriched with a long term historical perspective and developing projects with and for public and commercial partners, you will not only acquire the academic knowledge and practical skills to work in the field, but also to change the field.

Facts and figures

• Degree: MA in Arts and Culture
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Croho code: 60087
• Duration: 1 year (60 EC), full time
• Start month: September
• Language of instruction: English
• Enrolled students: 50-75 per year
• Contact hours: 10-15 hours per week

Why study this programme?

• The only Master’s in Cultural Tourism Studies in The Netherlands
• Integration of academic research and practical on-the-job training through research projects, policy papers, and workshops with public or commercial partners
• Interdisciplinary approach: combines history, literary and cultural studies, art history, and heritage studies
• Well-established contacts with leading players in the field of cultural tourism, which will help you to build up your professional network and to learn from state-of-the-art expertise
• International fieldwork, for instance at renowned academic institutes (such as the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome)