Course details

If you are interested in working in the tourism activity sector providing a range of professional guiding services for visitors, the Marine and Countryside Guiding programme is designed for you. This programme will provide you with the professional, social, technical and administrative skills necessary to offer a quality service to domestic and overseas visitors.

Benefits of this programme

At the end of the Marine & Countryside Guiding Programme you will:

  • Operate as a professional marine & countryside guide;
  • Understand the tourism activity sector at regional, national and international level
  • Be aware of changing market profiles nationally and internationally
  • Have received training in a wide variety of skills required to service the requirements of special interest groups
  • Have the ability to anticipate and satisfy customer needs
  • Be aware of the safety, survival and technical skills associated with specialist guiding services
  • Be aware of the legislation governing all aspects of the service
  • Have a greater understanding of the natural environment and be able to interpret the local landscape
Updated on 08 November, 2015

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LYIT is a lively and inspirational place that attracts a creative mix of 3,000 students both from the local area and from 31 different countries.  This gives us a vibrant array of cultures and activities on campus and a friendly, supportive and relaxed atmosphere where students and staff work closely together.

their modern integrated campuses in Letterkenny and Killybegs enctheirage strong academic learning and career-focused practical experience.  they have excellent facilities in all departments, such as a suite of graphic design studios, state-of-the-art nursing restheirces, special purpose laboratories, training kitchens and restaurant, and an on-campus business development centre, CoLab, to support spin-off enterprises.  their multi-purpose centre, An Dánlann, houses their excellent sport and recreational facilities in addition to their medical centre, counselling service, careers office and chaplaincies.

they are deeply committed to the people in their region.  Part of their mission is to help raise the economic prospects of the young people who study with us and by doing so, the prosperity of the wider communities into which they will graduate.  That’s why every ctheirse they offer teaches the latest knowledge and skills that employers demand.  As part of this, they are involved in many cross-border programmes and are currently fostering a strategic alliance with the University of Ulster.

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