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  1. The influence of tourism and hospitality students' perceived

    The main reason for such a problem is that tourism and hospitality students are equipped with academic knowledge but lack VUCA skills. VUCA are the acronyms of volatility, uncertainty, complexity ...

  2. (PDF) Challenges and Opportunities in the Hospitality and Tourism

    issues familiar to students. Tourism and Hospitality . Studies (THS) also provid es an authentic context for . the learning of a second or third language. The aims and objectives of the curriculum ...

  3. How COVID-19 Influences Hospitality and Tourism Education: Challenges

    Through this special issue, "The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitality and Tourism Education," we share a glimpse of massive changes that both H&T educators and students have recently undergone. We encourage further empirical research on teaching and learning following the pandemic; if possible, longitudinal studies, with a focus on long-term ...

  4. Teaching hospitality and tourism students' strategies for recognizing

    Introduction. Mental health is now recognized as an increasingly pressing concern in the hospitality and tourism industry. Hospitality ranks among one of the top most stressful industries, ahead of retail and transportation, with 57% of employees reporting workplace stress (Grewal, Citation 2022).A report in 2019 indicated eight out of 10 chefs reported poor mental health during their career ...

  5. Higher education and the sustainable tourism pedagogy: Are tourism

    The opinion that teachers and students of Tourism Degrees have of the competencies in Table 2 and the rest of the research data have ... "you are condemned to be an over-qualified receptionist". The over-qualification of the students is a well-known problem of the Spanish university system, which for decades has failed to place all ...

  6. Trends and Issues in Tourism and Hospitality Higher Education

    Tom Baum is Professor of International Hospitality Management and Head of Department in The Scottish Hotel School. Tom Baum's primary degrees are in education and his PhD was a study of the international tourism labour market. He has researched, taught and consulted on five continents and is a specialist in HRM planning, education and training for hospitality and tourism.

  7. Tourism Education: Global Issues and Trends:

    This program has involved between 80 and 130 tourism students yearly from four to six institutions from different countries participating in new scholarly inputs by non-resident professors and instructors. ... and passion to serve. This chapter provides a background to the development of and problems facing tourism education in China, and ...

  8. International Students as Tourists: Implications for Educators

    International tourism students are making steps towards a globally integrated career in an industry predicted to support 11.1% of all employment worldwide by 2027 (WTTC 2017).While their primary reason for travel to Australia may be to gain a tourism qualification, by virtue of travelling, they are also engaging in the tourism industry that will eventually employ them.

  9. (PDF) The impact of tourism education problems on the students

    reducing the problems in t he tourism education and increase the students' level of commitment. This study aims to answ er the following key re search questions: 5.

  10. PDF The influence of tourism and hospitality students' perceived ...

    students majoring in tourism and hospitality management (THM) from ve universities in China. The results show: First, students' perceived the eectiveness of outcome‑based education (PEOBE) has a

  11. Tourism students' career strategies in times of disruption

    This research explores current tertiary tourism students' career strategies as impacted by Covid-19 as a career shock event, utilizing Bourdieuan career theory comprising career field, career capital, and its internal and external recognitions. ... There is a huge problem with nepotism and it's quite difficult for someone like me to just go ...

  12. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education

    However, hospitality and tourism students may become vulnerable due to the high demands of their academic workload, social pressures, and the constant desire to be connected (Bolar et al., 2022), particularly when it comes to responding to and adapting to new applications (Ragu-Nathan et al., 2008), leading to stress and fatigue (Ren et al., 2021).

  13. The impacts of student and life satisfaction on tourism students

    This study. seeks to reveal the impact of tourism students 'academic and life satisfaction on their. individual sense of belonging, and it aims to highlight any signi ficant differences in ...

  14. Experiential Learning in Tourism Education

    Abstract. This chapter presents an innovative learning opportunity for tourism students, International Tourism and Hospitality Academy at Sea, that has been in operation for the last 10 years. The program could render itself as a case study of Kolb's experiential learning theory according to which knowledge is created by transforming experience.

  15. Study and Tourism: Challenges for International Students in 2020

    This chapter explores the experiences of international students attending a Queensland university during 2020, recognising the additional layer of challenge confronting them due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter reports on research literature in relation to international students' experiences, wellbeing, tourism and the impact of the ...

  16. PDF Educational Tours: Its Impact on the Learning Experiences of the Third

    tourism student at DLSU-D has always been remarkable. But as the industry's demands change and evolve, innovating ... to their problems which gives them an edge in the future (Importance of Social Interaction to Learning, 2019). Social interaction in educational tours provides students opportunities to develop self-control because the setting ...

  17. PDF The Influence of Problems Faced During Internships on Interns' Views of

    problems encountered during internships negatively affected the students' attitudes toward tourism-related jobs, which in turn undermined their intention to work in this business in the future. Conclusions and Recommendations: The findings of the study indicate that the problems faced during internships have implications both for

  18. Investigation and Research on College Students' Tourism

    2.2 Tourism Behavior Analysis 2.2.1 Tourism Frequency. College students' tourism has become a trend nowadays, and college students have become an important part of the tourism army. According to the survey of college students' tourism frequency (Fig. 4), 93.46% of college students have traveled in the past year.From these data, we can see that most of college students are fond of traveling.

  19. PDF Career Perception: Graduating Tourism Students of 2021-2022 Dlsu-d in

    Among the three, respondents with a family business unrelated to tourism have the highest total percentage of 36.2%. The next is the answer, where the respondents do not have a family business (33.3%), and the respondents have a family business related to tourism (30.5%) (Table 6). Table 2. Type of residence. Levels.

  20. Is overtourism a problem?

    As it stands, overtourism is a seasonal issue for a small number of destinations. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution, a range of measures are clearly an option depending on the scale of ...

  21. Current Issues in Tourism

    Researchers and students of tourism are members of a broad human community and may thus experience societal and other prejudices that directly affect their ability to contribute to publish their research. Current Issues in Tourism supports and encourages universal participation in tourism studies and the social sciences overall, regardless of ...

  22. Sustainability

    Combining the Intangible Cultural Heritage and sustainable development has been an important effort of UNESCO since the new century. This study discusses the suitability of educational tourism development of intangible cultural heritage. On the one hand, it was beneficial to improve the comprehensive quality of students; on the other hand, it was conducive to protecting and rationally ...

  23. Tourism is Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels, but Challenges Remain

    International tourist arrivals and the travel and tourism sector's contribution to global GDP are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, driven by the lifting of COVID-19-related travel restrictions and strong pent-up demand, as per the new World Economic Forum travel and tourism study, released today. Topping the 2024 list of economies are the United States, Spain, Japan ...

  24. International tourism reached 97% of pre-pandemic levels in the ...

    International tourist arrivals reached 97% of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2024. According to UN Tourism, more than 285 million tourists travelled internationally in January-March, about 20% more than the first quarter of 2023, underscoring the sector's near-complete recovery from the impacts of the pandemic.

  25. Thailand targets tourism boost with longer stays for visitors, students

    Thailand's government said on Tuesday it had approved longer visa stay periods for tourists, postgraduate students and remote workers, and better visa conditions for retirees, in a move to boost ...

  26. Tourism students' Attitudes Toward Statistics

    As future tourism professionals, students must acquire analytical and information management skills that can support the problem-solving and decision-making processes they must carry out. They have to be prepared to make informed and evidence-based decisions, and be able to monitor the results and outcomes of their actions, especially when they ...

  27. Chronic absences among students, teachers the new normal

    The 15% of public school students considered chronically absent in 2018 jumped to 28% in 2022. At the same time, data shows that 72% of U.S. public schools reported teachers missed more classroom ...

  28. Busy May brings record number of tourism dollars

    While tourism officials are still crunching the numbers, server Jacob Miller said he had great month. "I did great," Miller said. "I did awesome. Every day was great. I was leaving out of here with more money than I've made at a lot of other jobs." Miller said tourists tip better than locals.

  29. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILL FOR TOURISM STUDENTS

    STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SK ILL FOR TOURISM. STUDENTS. Dhea Saragih 1, Olina Putri Batubara 2, Vanessa Pritin Angel Halawa 3, Sabarni. Rodearni Sipayung 4, Selviana Napitupulu 5. 1,2,3,4 ...

  30. UCLA issues shocking threat against students arrested at Gaza ...

    UCLA issues shocking threat against students arrested at Gaza solidarity protests. Story by Kaitlyn Kennedy • 1d. ... Students are required to schedule their meetings by June 5. If they fail to ...