Third International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

Abstract

The map, or complete inventory, of tourism degrees in higher education, is 2,380 programs: 1,517 are undergraduate and 863 are postgraduate. 906 academic institutions of Latin America and Spain that offer such degrees, with 71% by private (643) institutions, suggesting important repercussions that will be discussed in this presentation. In addition, the talk will address the degree to which these programs have a focus on sustainability. Currently, there are 32 Degree Programs in tourism and sustainability, followed by 46 Postgraduate Programs in tourism and sustainability in academic institutions of Latin America and Spain. In undergraduate studies, sustainability is placed in the 6th position. In terms of tourism graduate programs and sustainability, it can be seen that Spain leads with 18 programs, followed by Brazil (8), Mexico (5), Costa Rica (5), Argentina (5) and other countries with a single program, such as Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, and Uruguay. The public offer of these graduate programs reaches the 24 programs, while the private one is 22 programs. On the other hand, the Postgraduate Programs that relate tourism and culture are 52 in total, of which 36 belong to public academic institutions and 16 are taught in private academic institutions. Most postgraduate courses in Tourism and Culture are taught in Spain (45).