Over Spring Break in 2020, students majoring in PGA Golf Management will join students majoring in Hospitality Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) to study the emerging hospitality and golf industries in China. This program will nicely complement the existing education abroad offering in Scotland creating an opportunity to contrast the oldest golf industry with one of the youngest.
Students will also explore the hotel aspects of the tourism industry. China has ambitions to become a global tourism destination. They face significant challenges in achieving this ambition, and students will apply their knowledge and skills to synthesize ways in which China could eventually achieve their aspirations.
The trip will start with a flight from Lincoln to Chicago and then the group will move on from Chicago to Beijing. After seeing the sights in Beijing such as the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and The Forbidden City, we will move on to Hainan Island. Hainan is China’s version of Hawaii. A tropical island on the south side of the country is the epicenter of tourism in the country. While on Hainan, students will visit the golf courses on the Shenzhou Peninsula, Sanya and Mission Hills Haikou. Mission Hills is a multibillion-dollar (equiv) development that will ultimately become the largest golf facility in the world with 22 courses on property when complete.
The group will wrap up the tour with a stop in Shanghai and then head back to the US.
More details at: https://grassland.unl.edu/pga-golf-management