scholarly journals Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Tourism and Hospitality Career Education in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 175-188
Author(s):  
Evelyn K. Yirbekyaa ◽  
Conrad-J. Wuleka Kuuder ◽  
Issah Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Hospitality Education ◽  
Education In Ghana ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study was to explore students’ perceptions of tourism and hospitality career education in three universities that run undergraduate programmes in Ghana, namely: the University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) and the University for Development Studies (UDS). Final year students totaling 128 students were contacted through questionnaire and results analyzed employing SPSS. The study revealed that 45% respondents from the UCC did not want to work in the industry after graduation. A greater number of respondents, 85% in UCC, 90% in UENR and 92% in UDS believed a decision to invest in tourism and hospitality education career was worthwhile. Contrary to the above 50% of all respondents surveyed in the three institutions did not believe one could make good income whilst working in the industry. It is suggested that career counselling sessions be organized by tourism and hospitality industry players in the universities to woo students’ interest in the sector.

scholarly journals The role of tourism and hospitality companies in ensuring an effective internship process

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agita Doniņa
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Job Assignment ◽  
Hospitality Education ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
And Control

Tourism and hospitality education has only been provided in Latvia as a separate curriculum relatively recently. According to legislation, the curriculum should consist of study courses, internships and the state exam. Cooperation between all stakeholders is crucial in order to achieve the goal of internship – to increase students’ knowledge and  to develop skills in the study area chosen. The purpose of this study is to explore cooperation between higher educational establishments and companies targeted at enhancing students’ employability skills. The survey was conducted in Latvia by addressing managers of 154 tourism and hospitality industry companies in 2014. The findings showed that only 51.30% of the companies plan interns’ job assignment during internship on the basis of an internship programme and in 35.06% of the cases higher educational establishments do not contact internship companies for feedback at all. This means that, despite the importance of internships in developing students’ skills, cooperation among all stakeholders does not proceed in the best possible manner. It is suggested to improve cooperation at all stages of internship –  at the  planning, organisational and control stages.

scholarly journals Prospects of Creating Memorable Experience in Nepalese Tourism and Hospitality Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 40-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanakya P Rijal ◽  
Sudip Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Experience Economy ◽  
Hospitality Education ◽  
Experiential Consumption ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

This paper contributes to explore the concept of experience economy theory of Pine and Gilmore (1998) as a basis for measuring the prospects of creating memorable experience in Nepalese tourism and hospitality industry identifying the key elements of Nepalese tourism and hospitality industry and its dimension based on the four realms of experience as proposed by the author of experience economy theory. For assessing this result, an ethnographic study based on semi-structured interview were conducted with leading professional of Nepalese tourism and hospitality field and also with a visitor. The result of the study has clearly depicted and further elaborated the Nepalese key elements of tourism and hospitality experience, present status, major attributes, underlying anticipation of the industry, illustrating the implication while focused on the various core elements and the indigenous attributes of Nepalese tourism and hospitality industry. However, the results are confined only with the prospects based on the confirmation of the scope in experience economy for this industry with very little focus on the prospects for designing further experience or staging the experience. It has also served as a basis for understanding the emergent theory in experiential consumption of tourism and hospitality services in Nepalese sector that can be applied to the varying stage of development in the promotion and marketing of tourism and hospitality service offering. Consequently, it has also offered a new theoretical direction for tourism and hospitality policy makers, planners as well as a practical insight for the contemporary application of the findings for marketers and decision makers.Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education (Vol. 6) Page: 40-66

scholarly journals Cultorological Approach to Training of the Future Managers of Tourism in Precarpathia

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Marianna Chorna
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The Future ◽  
National University ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The University

The article deals with the «culturological approach» to the professional training of futuremanagers of tourism in Precarpathia. As the Precarpathian region attracts thousands of touristsyear-round the demand of training qualified specialists in the sphere of tourism and hospitality isconstantly growing.Nowadays the question of a successful and perspectives career in tourism results in training anew standard professional, a specialist of many-sided knowledge,with the ability to fulfil tasksconcerning thinking over, making and realizing management decisions. In order to develop touristCarpathian region, the Precarpathian National University named after V.Stefanyk educates futureexperts in such specialities as "Tourism" and "Hospitality Industry".Involving youth in social cultural values and ideals, education contributes to maintaining socialorder and by providing realization of new technologies, scientific rethinking of existing knowledgeeducation promotes social changes, society development, i.e. education operates as an agent ofmoral regulation facilitating social integration.Different interpretations of the concept «culture» were studied. The conclusion that culture is amultiaspect and multifunctional notion was made.Cultorological approach in education provides effectiveness of the process of putting culture asa social phenomenon into action. The fact of culturological direction extending of the wholeeducational process in the university interrelating to its components (common-cultural,professional and functional) is of great importance. Cultorological approach introduction to theprocess of training of the future tourism experts that is aimed at the developing of civil societyvalues and an independent creative personality is a premise of modernization of higher educationin Ukraine

Gentrification and functional change in Budapest – ‘ruin bars’ and the commodification of housing in a post-socialist context

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Gergely Olt ◽  
Adrienne Csizmady
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Functional Change ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

AbstractThe growth of the tourism and hospitality industry played an important role in the gentrification of the post-socialist city of Budapest. Although disinvestment was present, reinvestment was moderate for decades after 1989. Privatisation of individual tenancies and the consequent fragmented ownership structure of heritage buildings made refurbishment and reinvestment less profitable. Because of local contextual factors and global changes in consumption habits, the function of the dilapidated 19th century housing stock transformed in the 2000s, and the residential neighbourhood which was the subject of the research turned into the so called ‘party district’. The process was followed in our ongoing field research. The functional change made possible speculative investment in inner city housing and played a major role in the commodification of the disinvested housing stock.

Beach Town

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Hilliard
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
First World War ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Maritime Trade ◽  
World War ◽  
Ship Building ◽  
Coastal Shipping ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
First World

The chapter surveys post-First World War Littlehampton, a coastal town where tourism and hospitality had overtaken maritime trade, but where coastal shipping and ship-building remained important industries. The libel case unfolded in the Beach Town district, where Littlehampton’s hotels and apartment houses were concentrated. Many of the tradesmen, small businesswomen, labourers, and domestics who serviced the tourism and hospitality industry lived in the neighbourhood. Working from the evidence George Nicholls gathered, census records, and documents in the Littlehampton Museum, the chapter provides an anatomy of the neighbourhood and then examines the families at the centre of the dispute, their economic and social position, and relationships within the household, which were often marked by violence.

scholarly journals The Perception of Job-related Motivators When Choosing a Career in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry – A Comparative Study Between Polish and Spanish Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Grobelna
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Staff Turnover ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

AbstractThe recent rapid growth of the tourism and hospitality industries raises a question about the quantity and quality of the workforce needed in these sectors. In the tourism/hospitality industry, where most services are delivered directly by employees, competitive advantage is primarily attained through people (employees), who are perceived as an integral component of tourism experience. This creates challenges for an industry suffering from high rates of staff turnover, especially of young employees who leave their jobs after graduation, choosing other career paths.This study presents the job related motivators that students found important when considering their future careers, and investigates the extent to which those motivators can be found in the tourism and hospitality industry. Is the industry able to offer the motivators that will keep the employees willing to choose this particular path? We focus on two groups of potential employees – Polish and Spanish students. The study reveals that both groups generally do not believe that a career in the TH industry offered these motivating factors. We also contrast and compare both groups’ perceptions in this area.

Pleasure or Business-Travelling and the Pandemic Virus: Socio Legal Aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Rajib Kumar Majumdar ◽  
Abhishek Majumdar
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Visual Pleasure ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Fail Safe

Ever since the corona pandemic hit the world with full rancour, people have gone into hiding thus restricting movement in all spheres, bringing their movement to a halt. It has been extrapolated since ages that movement of masses is the essence of economics. A man moves to earn, to seek visual pleasure, to seek social contact and as such the freedom to move freely, is both a legal and fundamental right, guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. The following research article aims to study the socio-legal aspect of restricted or altered human movement brought about by the pandemic and its effect on the tourism and hospitality industry. The study findings include the immense loss which the industry has suffered as result of the pandemic, followed by the path forward in terms of the new trends which may emerge in the year 2021, to cope with the loses. A further scope of study in the stated research topic may include developing fail-safe systems as method of check and balance to keep the tourism and hospitality industry afloat, in the event of such unforeseen crisis.

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