scholarly journals National Vocational Qualifications in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Slovenia

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Marija Rok

Hardly anybody would agree that the labour market satisfactorily meets the needs of the tourism and hospitality industry (THI). The THI worldwide faces the shortage of skilled labour force and the Slovenian THI is no exception. The problem persists in spite of various recruitment measures of employers, e.g. engaging migrant workforce, student work, black market, etc. The first aim of the paper was to explore the workforce needs of the THI with an emphasis on its unmet demands. The desk research revealed the mismatch between the supply and demand of the workforce on lower levels. Since the system of the National vocational qualifications (NVQ) is presumed beneficial for deficiencies of the labour market the second aim of the article was to explore the current state of the NVQ system in Slovenia and the selection of the existing NVQs in the THI in order to find out whether the number and structure of awarded NVQ certificates improved structural imbalances on the TH labour market. The author came to the conclusion that all forms of lifelong learning might contribute to improve the qualification structure of the labour force in the country provided that the employers overcome their distrust of the credibility and quality of the NVQs.

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Grobelna

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.


Servis plus ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Мирфайз Нарзиев ◽  
Mirfayz Narziev ◽  
Александр Ермаков ◽  
Aleksandr Ermakov ◽  
Абдулло Бабакулов ◽  
...  

The current state of the tourism industry is considered in terms of statistical data on the state of the industry, the availability of resources and tourism businesses of the tourism and hospitality industry and tourism flows from the CIS countries and far abroad. A variety of tourist resources, with particular attention from the country´s leadership to the development of the tourism industry, a comprehensive approach to ensure its stable trends are confirmed by improving the industry. The tourism industry has a steady growth of economic indicators. The country has created new tourism products in the direction of the development of pilgrimage tourism. Produced is restoration of´archaeological and architectural sites. A special place is given to the creation of a tourist route "Golden Ring" in Uzbekistan with visiting ancient cities: Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva and others. Analysis of the industry also points to the lack of awareness of potential consumers of tourist services in Russia. The role of the tourism and hospitality industry is important for the formation of traditionally friendly relations between Russia and Uzbekistan among the older generations for young people who grew up in the former Soviet Union.


2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 09038
Author(s):  
Irina Buharova ◽  
Liliya Vereshchagina

The article considers the current trends in the development of the tourism and hospitality industry as the most important ways to develop the geographical, cultural, social and political space. The article analyzes the state support measures for service sector enterprises, as well as the main current problems among tour operators and travel agents, which were identified by the Russian Union of Travel Industry. Recommendations for the development of tourism in the current situation are given, two key trends of the tourism industry for 2021 are analyzed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Phuong Thi Thu Pham

Nowadays, educational institutions with tourism and hospitality majors are a place providing high-quality human resources to society. The official establishment of ASEAN Economic Community in December 2015 allows a free movement of labor within different areas including tourism among ten Southeast Asian countries and creates a competition with domestic labor. Moreover, the trend of integration also means higher requirements for employees from enterprises, which demands educational institutions to continuously improve curriculum to enhance educational quality. However, training programs must be practical in order to improve quality of education. Educational institutions must be closely coordinated with enterprises through various modes of cooperation. Collaborating between enterprises and educational institutions with majors in tourism and hospitality industry not only benefits each party tremendously but also benefits students practically. Through understanding different cooperating modes between universities in Ha Noi with tourism enterprises as well as learning experiences from many prestigious universities in the world, the paper summarizes collaborating modes between educational institutions with tourism enterprises in training students to satisfy requirements in the current situation.


2022 ◽  
pp. 40-63
Author(s):  
Nil Sonuç ◽  
Merve İşçen

This chapter aims to review the evolution of digitalisation and its effects on the tourism and hospitality industry. A holistic perspective is adopted providing a review and analysis of digitalisation in the tourism and hospitality sector comprising both supply and demand sides for the originality of the content. The supply side, as well as the demand side, is analysed through a literature review of academic resources, policy documents published by international organisations and related websites. The existing literature and the industrial practices are reviewed to find out and classify the state of proposal and implementation of innovative technologies and the trends followed by suppliers and the demand side to use them. Furthermore, the effects of digitalisation on managerial processes on the supply side (actors, entrepreneurs, businesses, destinations) and decisional and behavioural processes on the demand side (consumer, tourists) are taken into consideration to provide a holistic perspective of digitalisation and its effects on the given sector.


2022 ◽  
pp. 88-97
Author(s):  
Aarti Saini ◽  
Rohan Bhalla

Transformation is being observed in almost every sphere of life. Industries accept technological advancements by accepting artificial intelligence and automation to improve the quality of products and services and to have errorless processes. The industry has a large number of human resources, and it functions on the concept of human touch, also known as the essence of hospitality; however, with the advent of artificial intelligence, fear of losing the human resources and human touch in the industry is paramount. The authors of the chapter detail the significance of the human touch in the tourism and hospitality industry. The chapter also highlights the usage of artificial intelligence in tourism through predictive analysis, travel experiences through virtual assistance, and the digital transformation tourism and hospitality have observed mainly in the coronavirus pandemic. It ends with a discussion on artificial intelligence in tourism and hospitality as support system for human resources or enhanced service quality and customer experience.


2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Gergely Olt ◽  
Adrienne Csizmady

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.


Author(s):  
Christopher Hilliard

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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Rajib Kumar Majumdar ◽  
Abhishek Majumdar

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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