There has been a tremendous growth in tourism higher education globally in the past 40 years (Airey and Tribe 2005). This is a reflection of many factors. Prominent among them is the sheer growth in tourism worldwide. At the same time, influenced in part by the perceived link between education and national competitiveness, higher education has been massively expanded and new universities have been created. This has provided fertile territory in which tourism programs have been established, and they have become a popular choice for students to prepare for their future careers. As the industry matured, the need for professionally trained managers became more pressing. The traditional apprenticeship and vocational programs could no longer fulfill the needs of the industry, and higher educational institutions, in recognition of this need, began to offer programs with curricula based on social science and management principles.
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The earliest programs in this field started in Europe,...
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Airey, D., Hsu, C.H.C. (2016). University. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_634
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