- Title
- Room to move?: the challenges of career mobility for tourism education
- Creator
- Lyons, Kevin
- Relation
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education Vol. 22, Issue 2, p. 51-55
- Relation
- http://www.chrie.org/publications/jhte/index.aspx
- Publisher
- International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- A professional career in tourism is enticing to the many who have heard the claims echoed by a range of stakeholders that the tourism industry is growing fast and creating a universe of career opportunities to those willing to become suitably qualified. However, for those interested in seeking out a professional career in the industry, it is not simply a matter of walking out of university and stepping onto a career path that is stable and clear. In fact, there seems to be a major disconnect between these enthusiastic future tourism professionals and the realities of a career in the tourism industry. While there is some research to the contrary, most studies agree that skilled professional tourism workers become disillusioned with their jobs because of a mismatch between expectations and actual workplace realities. Some estimates of job dissatisfaction in the tourism industry are as high as 80 to 90%.
- Subject
- tourism industry; career mobility; tourism education; vocational education
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/927419
- Identifier
- uon:10141
- Identifier
- ISSN:1096-3758
- Language
- eng
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