Full Description
This handbook provides new dimensions and directions to design tourism education curriculums and transform students' learning. It delves into issues such as job opportunities, business opportunities, required skill sets, and the role of critical and creative thinking in tourism education, and focuses on a shift in mindset from R&D (research and development) to L&D (learning and development), to aid in gaining in-the-field knowledge. It presents a global perspective on the latest trends, innovative curriculum, research, and skill needs in the travel, tourism, and hotel industry via empirical, theoretical, and conceptual chapters, as well as through global case studies.
This handbook explores how to develop the skills, attributes and prospects for employment in these competitive industries, and also highlights what employers in the tourism and hospitality sectors expect from graduate and/or post-graduate candidates. Besides examining the contribution of tourism education towards a better society, this handbook introduces a new way of designing curriculums, and examines the past practices, current trends, and future opportunities in the field.
Contents
Introduction of needs Skills in tourism and hospitality.- Personal Selling in Accommodation Businesses.- A Review of Tourism Stakeholders' Expectations, Perceptions, and Thoughts on the Kakava and Hidirellez Festival in Edirne, Türkiye.- Effects of coronavirus (COVID-19) on camping and caravan tourism demand.- The Importance of Smart City Applications in the Sustainability of Tourism Destinations.- The Tourist Psychology and the Creation of Tourist Experiences.- Soft skills and interpersonal skills for tourism and hospitality industry.- Advancing a new age for tourism workforce: The search for El Dorado.- ARE CURRICULUM IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS, LEARNING, RESEARCH AND EMPLOYABILITY IN STUDENTS?.- Using Augmented Reality Applications in the Greek Mythology Courses: The Case of Turkey.- Analogy of Social Entrepreneurship and Community Empowerment: An Inclusive Tourism Approach with Technological intervention.- Psychology in Tourism.- Gamification in Tourism Teaching and Learning: Exploring the Emergent Dimensions.- Employability Gap Analysis between Hotel Industry Expectations and Academic Deliverables: Industry and Academia Perspectives.- Tourism and hospitality internships in higher education: A competence-based framework.- Sport Tourism, Event Tourism, Accessible Tourism making Students be ready to grab new courses.- Data Scientist in Tourism- Needs, Skills and Scope.- Needs and strategies for developing soft skills in the Tourism and Hospitality sector.- ENGLISH FOR TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY PURPOSES.- Creating Knowledge and Skills Through Community Based Tourism: Implications from Regional Perceptives.- Skill and Education Gap In Indian Travel, Tourismand Hospitality Industry 4.0.- Predictors of Rural Women Empowerment through Rural tourism.- Psychology and Its Implications on Tourism Sector with reference to TEA Model.- Impact of Pandemic on Street Food Vendors of Rajasthan: Challenges and Coping Strategies.- Soft and interpersonal Skills for Development as Professional in the service industry.- Encapsulating role of Persuasion and Skill development in Marketing Communication for Brand Building: A perspective.- SDGs & Skill Development: Perspectivzing future insights for the tourism industry.- Application of Advanced Mixed Method Research in Tourism: Case of Moderated Influence of Psychographics in Homestay Tourism.- An Argumentative Review on the Expectations, Perceptions, and Thoughts of Tourism Stakeholders on the Historical and Cultural the Kakava and Hıdırellez Festival Held in Edirne, Türkiye.- Interconnected Pathways and Prospects: Exploring the Synergies between Literary Geography, Tourism, and Education.- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATION AND JOB INSECURITIES IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: AN EMPLOYEES AND MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE.- Moving Towards Online Education - Are Hospitality Hiring Managers Taking Online Degrees Seriously.- Blending the Old Backbone with the New Economic Strength: Sugar Industry and the Tourism Sector in Fiji.- Sustainable Reporting and Green Accounting Trends: A Qualitative Enquiry.- Wellness Tourism: Special Interest in India.- NEEDS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF TOURISM LEGISTAIONS IN INDIA.- Tourism and Hospitality Education in India: The Innovation, Trends, and Status.- What is in store of Entrepreneurship and Skill Development? Analyzing the Trends.- Anthropology and Tourism.- Homestays as a livelihood and Sustainable Rural Tourism with reference to Rajasthan.- Ethics in Tourism: Responsibility towards Balancing Sustainability.- Bibliometric Analysis of Literature on Religious Tourism in Web of Science.- Demand for green practices: Inception of Sustainable Tourism.- Understanding the role of stakeholders in sustainability of travel and tourism industry: Future prospects.- A 2010-2022 bibliometric analysis review of the augmented hospitality research milieu.- Social Exchange, Trust and Community Supportive Tourism Development.- Tourism Stakeholders' Perspective for the Lacunas and Challenges for Tourism: A Study on Hadoti Region, Rajasthan.- Knowledge, skills, and attitude: Competencies for sustainable tourism.- Educational Tourism as a Development Approach in Rajasthan Tourism with respect to Udaipur.- Enhancing Tourism Through Information Communication Technology.- Integrating tourism supply chain management factors into circular economy principles in the context of achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs).
