Ecotourism and Adventure Activities

Ecotourism and Adventure Activities

Ecotourism is becoming a major sector in the Travel Industry experiencing an ever increasing rate of growth. It involves providing people with holidays or leisure activities in natural areas (e.g. mountains, forest and sea). Rapid growth in Ecotourism also means rapid growth in job opportunities, managing ecotourism facilities or planning and conducting ecotour activities. Any of the following courses can only add to job opportunities or develop your skills and interest for your own personal enrichment.

Adventure Tourism BTR302

Develop your knowledge of adventure tourism and access this exciting market! This exciting course covers the scope and nature of adventure tourism in today's market and looks at the sources and types of opportunities available within this fast growing industry. abs Other topics include: outdoor adventure and management training, the customer, artificial environments, supply, geography, sustainability, and environmental impacts. This course develops a capacity to plan and manage the provision of adventure tourism services.

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Bushcraft And Wilderness Activities BTR201

Gain greater proficiency in survival skills! This course develops skills in bushcraft, while building an understanding of wilderness skills and an ability to manage the needs of a group of people while in a wilderness area. This course is valuable to people who may have a recreational interest in wilderness exploration, orienteers, tour guides, scout leaders, or ecotour business owners.

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Ecotour Management BTR101

Become skilled in managing ecotourism activities! Ecotourism has emerged out of a growing interest in outdoor adventure activities - from mountaineering to low impact bushwalking. Establishing such an enterprise requires an understanding of a wide range of issues including: legal considerations, safety, accommodation, the tour desk as a first point of contact, destinations, and management. This course develops your ability to establish and operate an ecotourism enterprise.

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Ecotourism Tour Guide Course BTR301

Enhance your potential and increase your confidence in tour guiding. Develop your ability to organise and conduct ecotourism services including tours and activities. Learn to conduct guided tours, overnight walks and treks, or self guided interpretive walks.

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Home Vegetable Growing AHT102

Grow your own delicious vegetables! Learn how to grow delicious, fresh, healthy vegetables simply at home. You will learn such things as how to build a veggie garden, cultivation and planting, the main vegetables, how to make compost, pest, disease and weed control, hydroponic and greenhouse growing, herbs and uncommon vegetable varieties, watering and irrigation systems, harvesting, storing and using vegetables.

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Proficiency Certificate In Ecotourism BTR001

A comprehensive introduction to ecotourism! This Proficiency Certificate was designed to develop your ability to establish, operate and manage an ecotourism enterprise and increase your knowledge on all aspects of running such a venture. Issues such as safety, legal consideratons, destinations, accommodation, and management issues, planning, organising and conducting ecotourism services (such as guiding and tours) are covered.

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Entry Requirements: Anyone can enrol in a short course, however some prerequisites apply to higher qualifications i.e. Pre-Medical Diploma and Psychology. The ability to be able to read and write in English is a requirement.	Tutor Support: Unlimited free support. Our tutors are your assets and are there to encourage, help and answer questions and give support to you throughout the course. Contact is via email or phone.	Assessment: At the end of each lesson there is an assignment. These are marked and graded by the tutor and not a computer. Tutor feedback is essential to the learning process. All tutors are qualified and have industry experience.	What's Included: All course material relevant to the module, unlimited tutor support and certificate/diploma. There are no hidden costs or extras. Access to Online	Computer requirements: For PC: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista and Acrobat Reader 4.0 and above. MAC: Mac OS X, and Acrobat Reader version 4.0 and above. Don’t have a computer? - then request course material in paper/file format (correspondence).

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