世界人口的流动性日益增加，给企业，个人及其环境带来许多后果。旅行（无论是商务旅行还是休闲旅行）及其对全球经济的影响越来越大，导致旅游管理成为高等教育中最受欢迎的研究领域之一。旅游业是澳大利亚的重要产业。它产生了1070亿的消费，直接雇用了大约50万澳大利亚人，是澳大利亚第一大服务出口。它有助于为机场，道路和旅馆等关键基础设施提供资金，并且在澳大利亚地区的经济发展中发挥着重要作用，在澳大利亚地区的每一美元旅游消费中占45澳分。在旅游业上花费的每一美元在经济的其他部分产生91美分，这比采矿，农业和金融服务所获
The world's population is increasingly mobile, with many consequences for businesses, individuals and their environments. Travel – whether for business or pleasure – and its growing influence on the global economy, has led to tourism management being one of the most popular fields of study in Higher Education. Tourism is a significant industry for Australia. It generates 107 billion in consumption, directly employs around half a million Australians and is Australia's number one services export. It helps fund critical infrastructure like airports, roads and hotels and plays an important role in the economic development of regional Australia with 45 cents in every tourist dollar spent in regional Australia. Every dollar spent on tourism generates 91 cents in other parts of the economy which is a higher multiplier than those achieved for mining, agriculture and financial services.