This major is a national major, the earliest major offered by full-time undergraduate colleges in Hunan Province, and the key construction major in Hunan Province. Mainly cultivate high-quality professionals with solid basic theories of economics, management and business administration, scientific management concepts, continuous innovation ability and skilled tourism service skills. Graduates are adapted to engage in business planning and management, industry administration, teaching and scientific research in tourism enterprises, tourism industry administrative departments, non-governmental organizations, universities and other related institutions.

The main courses offered are: western economics, management principles, management psychology, management information system, public relations, marketing, administration, sociology, financial management, accounting, statistics, economic law, introduction to tourism, tourism economics, tourism geography, tourism resources development and planning, tour guide theory and practice, hotel management principles, exhibition tourism operation and management, international tourism management and tourism science. This major is a new hot major. Mainly cultivate high-quality professionals with solid basic theories of economics, management and business administration, scientific management concepts and continuous innovation ability. Graduates adapt to work in enterprises, administrative departments, intermediary consulting institutions, universities and scientific research institutions, such as human resource development and management, teaching and scientific research, and economic development forecasting.

The main courses offered are: western economics, management principles, management psychology, management information system, public relations, marketing, administrative management, sociology, organizational behavior, financial management, accounting, statistics, economic law, introduction to human resource management, human resource development, human resource strategic management, performance evaluation, salary management, theories and methods of personnel quality evaluation, personnel recruitment and allocation, and vocational education.