• About Department

    • Tourism Department aims at graduating students with the knowledge and skills required for the local, regional and international tourist work market. The academic disciplines provided by the department qualify to work in different sections of tourism companies and airlines, in addition to a wide range of public functions that suit the graduates’ PR, marketing, customer service, and advertising.
    • The department ensures that graduates are able to interact with the latest developments in the tourism industry and the skills of continuous self-education, which makes them able to keep abreast of everything new in their field of specialization. The department is also interested in devising behavioral values and professional ethics in its students.
    • The students specialize in this section from the third level, and the students study a range of specialized materials qualified to work in the major tourism companies and the tourism field in general. In addition to the theoretical courses, the department is interested in the practical aspect.
    • Amadeus Egypt was contracted to provide the airline reservation system, And the training of those who are under it, and is currently contracting with Cyber to provide different reservation systems to keep up with the latest developments in the tourist labor market, as well as summer training in each academic year, where the Department of Tourism cooperates with a group of tourism and aviation companies to train students during the summer, For graduates. The department also organizes many field visits and scientific trips for its students over the years of study.
    • The department is located in the fifth floor of the Minneapolis – Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management – Pharos University
  • Department Mission

Tourism Department seeks excellence locally, regionally and internationally in the preparation of a graduate capable of preparing a tourist program, identifying appropriate methods for planning, organizing and managing tourist activities and tourist destinations, organizing and managing conferences and special events, dealing with crises and managing risks in the tourism environment, In the areas of air transport in force, and the practice of IT applications in tourism work.

In addition to enriching tourist thought and spreading modern tourism trends, as well as ensuring the sustainable professional development of the faculty members and their assistants, and stressing the support of cooperation between the department and the corresponding departments in the tourism colleges locally, regionally and internationally, as well as providing consultancy and tourism research and training services to various institutions and institutions, Announced for continuous evaluation and development.

  • Specializations

The department comprises the following specializations:

1. Tourism Destination Marketing

2. Tourism Planning and Development

3. Tourism and Travel Business

4. Tourism, Leisure and Event Management

  • Career Opportunities

    • Tourist organizations such as different travel and tourism agencies – airlines – airports – tourism marketing – Human resource management – tourist program planning –inclusive trips – planning and management of various recreation sites – tourist information desks – conference centers and tourist transportation companies.
    • Working in education and scientific research in the field of tourism and community services.
    • Working in academic and occupational training in different fields related to tourism.

Department Staff

#NamePosition
1Prof. Amany Refaat

Faculty Dean and Professor in Tourism Department
2Ass.Prof/ Ghada BsiounyVice Dean-in-charge of Education and Students Affairs

Assistant professor in Tourism department
3Ass.Prof/ Lamiaa IbrahimHead of Department - Assistant professor in Tourism department
4Dr. Mahmoud AhmedLecturer in Tourism Department
5Dr. Dalia HassanLecturer in Tourism Department
6Mr. Tamer El.SawyAssistant Lecturer in Tourism Department
7Mrs. Passent ChahineAssistant Lecturer in Tourism Department
8Mrs. Amel Abou EldahabAssistant Lecturer in Tourism Department
9Mrs. Yasmine El.SayehDemonstrator in Tourism Department
10Mr. Amr El.MaghrabyDemonstrator in Tourism Department

Department Council

#NamePosition
1Prof. Amany RefaatFaculty Dean and Professor in Tourism Department
2Ass.Prof/ Ghada BsiounyVice Dean-in-charge of Education and Students Affairs

Assistant professor in Tourism department
3Ass.Prof/ Lamiaa IbrahimHead of Department - Assistant professor in Tourism department
4Dr. Mahmoud AhmedLecturer in Tourism Department
5Dr. Dalia HassanLecturer in Tourism Department
6Mr. Mohamed AminExternal Member
7Students Representative----

Contact Us

Address: Tourism Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management –
Pharos University, Canal El Mahmoudia Street, Beside Green Plaza Complex – Egypt
E-Mail:tourism@pua.edu.eg
Tel.:257
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