Improving Education, Skills, and Employment in Tourism

Improving Education, Skills, and Employment in Tourism
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292615718

This report measures the skills gap among tourism industry workers and the resulting opportunity costs along the Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor in Central Asia. The skills gap analysis identifies an annual lack of about 8,500 trained professionals in the tourism industry along the region which is causing opportunity costs of more than $30 million per year. The Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor has an exceptional heritage and wealth of culture and nature. This combination results in a high potential for tourism development that is largely untapped.

OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2016

OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2016
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2016-03-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264245995

Tourism Trends and Policies, published biennially, analyses tourism performance and major policy trends, initiatives and reforms across 50 OECD and partner countries, providing up-to-date tourism data and analysis.

Trends and Skill Needs in Tourism

Trends and Skill Needs in Tourism
Author: Olga Strietska-Ilina
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Recoge: Part I, Identifying general trends and skill needs in tourism in the European Union and beyond -- Part II, New skills and new occupations in tourism -- Part III, Transfer os research results to policy and pratice.

Contemporary Human Resources Management in the Tourism Industry

Contemporary Human Resources Management in the Tourism Industry
Author: Tüzünkan, Demet
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2018-08-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 152255761X

The tourism industry is the largest service industry and the largest employment generator in the world. This was made possible by increasing globalization and disposable income, with the labor force playing an important role. Factors such as quality of services and business performance depend on a well-educated, well-trained, skilled, enthusiastic, and committed workforce. Contemporary Human Resources Management in the Tourism Industry is a pivotal reference source that provides research on the role of human resource departments in creating value for the workplace through innovation and efficient work processes. While highlighting topics such as organizational structure, gender equality, and employee motivation, this publication explores the development of organizational culture, as well as methods of translating business strategy into action through dramatically managing staff on all levels in the tourism industry. This book is ideally designed for human resources managers, business owners, business professionals, researchers, and academicians seeking current research on the organizational skills and strategies necessary in creating effective tourism businesses.

Post-school Education and the Labour Market in South Africa

Post-school Education and the Labour Market in South Africa
Author: Michael Rogan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Education, Higher
ISBN: 9780796924636

South Africa has one of the highest rates of youth unemployment and is renowned for being one of the most unequal societies in the world. In this context, training and education play critical roles in helping young people escape poverty and unemployment. Post-school Education offers insights about the way in which young people in South Africa navigate their way through a host of post-school training and education options. The topics range from access to, and labour market transitions from, vocational education, adult education, universities, and workplace-based training. The individual chapters offer up-to-date analyses, identify some of the challenges that young people face when accessing training and education and also point to gaps between education and the labour market. The contributors are all experts in their respective components but write with a holistic view of the post-school education system, using an unashamedly empirical lens. Post-school Education will be of interest to all researchers and policymakers concerned with the transformative role of further education and training in society--Back cover.

Quality Services and Experiences in Hospitality and Tourism

Quality Services and Experiences in Hospitality and Tourism
Author: Liping A. Cai
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2018-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1787563839

This book offers conceptual discourse, empirical evidence, application of existing and emerging theories, and implication of practical findings. It discusses the perspectives of both providers and recipients of quality services across a wide spectrum of hospitality and tourism sectors.

Labor in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry

Labor in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Author: Abdallah M. Elshaer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429877609

An organization’s workforce is arguably the greatest asset of any organization, and tourism and hospitality is an extremely labor-intensive industry. This volume takes an in-depth look at workforce issues in the tourism and hospitality industry, focusing on labor skills, ethics, rights, and more. It examines manpower planning beyond forecasting estimates to include investigative techniques in a way that offers insight for economic planning in both tourism and tourism education. The authors use economic, sociological, and psychological analysis and take a pragmatic stance on the challenges of the workforce. The authors look at the specifics of the labor market of the tourism and hospitality industry, discussing the current status of the industry’s organizations and how they are suffering labor shortages (qualitative or quantitative) and constant turnover—resulting in significant costs to organizations. Topics such as low wages and overdependence on tipping, workforce diversity, technological change resistance, and seasonality issues, and more are examined. The volume also provides a section on labor rights in the tourism and hospitality industry, which looks at labor trafficking and issues in social justice and human rights. Key features: • Provides an in-depth understanding of tourism employment • Presents a critical analysis of labor supply and demand in the tourism and hospitality industries • Considers the need for specific labor skills and training • Examines the reasons for labor shortages and turnover in the tourism and hospitality industry • Discusses labor ethics and social responsibility in hospitality/tourism organizations

Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism

Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism
Author: Pierre Benckendorff
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 679
Release: 2017-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1784714801

This comprehensive Handbook provides an international perspective on contemporary issues and future directions in teaching and learning in tourism. Key topics include assurance of learning, development of skills, learning in the field, work integrated learning, sustainability and critical studies, internationalisation, technology enabled learning, links between teaching and research, and graduate student supervision. Within these topics attention is devoted to the discussion of curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, students, educators and trends and issues. The Handbook provides a valuable resource for understanding teaching and learning theory and practice in tourism.

Tourism Employment

Tourism Employment
Author: Michael Riley
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2002-02-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1873150318

This book is an attempt to understand tourism employment in a holistic way. Using ideas from labour economics, work psychology and industrial sociology the authors look at tourism employment in both its workplace context and its wider economic and social environment and attempt to tell a coherent story. Both behavioural and economic perspectives are used to address questions that are salient to manpower planning, education planning and tourism management. By examining the diversity and commonality within occupations against the background of a dynamic labour market the text develops themes that contribute to our understanding of the behaviour of workers and managers in the industry.

Handbook of Research on Human Capital and People Management in the Tourism Industry

Handbook of Research on Human Capital and People Management in the Tourism Industry
Author: Costa, Vânia Gonçalves
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2020-10-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 179984319X

The tourism industry is an industry of people and is directly dependent on the performance of activities, skills, professionalism, quality, and competitiveness. Approaching the perspective of people management stresses the need to humanize companies, making empowerment and commitment easier. These are key to setting “talents” and, more importantly, to encouraging these individuals to put their creative capacities to the service of the companies for which they work. Only by being collaborative internally does business gain competitive capacity in the global marketplace. This aspect is crucial in tourism in the face of strong and growing competition in the sector. Human Capital and People Management in the Tourism Industry is a crucial reference source that reveals groundbreaking human resource policies for tourism destinations, revolutionary human capital managerial business approaches in tourism, innovative tourism training perspectives, and new tourism qualification prospects. Featuring research on topics such as intellectual capital, human resource management, and financial performance, this book is ideally designed for business managers, entrepreneurs, human resource officers, industry professionals, academicians, students, and researchers.