CWTD-616
Tourism Investment Promotion

Course Description:

This course assists destinations at the national and local level in reducing barriers to investment or business development and in attracting the funding necessary for tourism-related infrastructure investment and private sector development. Topics include:

• Assessing the technical capacity of tourism organizations and investment promotion agencies in promoting tourism projects
• Using international and regional resources, such as the MIGA' IPAnet
• Identifying and accessing funding capital investment, loans, credits, BOTs, foreign aid, and similar mechanisms
• Reducing barriers to domestic and foreign direct investment by the private sector--e.g. investment laws, business regulation and macroeconomic policies
• Organizing a long-term investment promotion campaign
• Understanding requirements for preparing investment projects for pre-feasibility review and presentation to investors.

Units Earned - 1.2
Course Fee - $450