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Edinburgh Napier University - Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry 

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Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry
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Overview

Duration

5 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry
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Highlights

  • Duration 5 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry
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Course details

More about this course
  • Data gives businesses in the travel and tourism industry the foundation it needs to make innovative decisions. From accommodation to tour company providers, there's potential for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to grow and improve productivity if they understand the value of data.
  • On this course, you'll explore how data can be used to address business concerns. You'll learn what data can reveal about customer behaviour and how this can help your business' success. The course will introduce simple tools and technical support to help you introduce data practices in your own business.

Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

The importance of data to your business

Welcome and introduction

Data in action

Types of data: Big Data, Open Data and other key terms

Your data

Using data to make your business more robust

A data mindset

Data and your customers

Problem to solution

Know your data

How to improve business productivity through data

Week 3 Introduction: Data and productivity

Data and your visitors

Data and marketing

Data and your employees

End of week quiz and continue to develop your strategy

Tools to help you make the most of your data

Going digital

Analytics

Social media

Review sites and other agencies

Raw data and more data: Spreadsheets, external data and databases

End of week 4

Tourism destinations and data collaboration

Introducing week 5: Collaboration and sharing

Sharing in action

Overcome challenges through collaboration

End of Week 5, end of course and looking ahead

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