International Tourism and Hospitality Management
Abstract
Hospitality and Tourism Management in an international sense in a multidisciplinary field of study that involves preparation of people with the relevant know-how, determination, and skills for managerial, marketing, and operations positions. It involves the general industry that offers accommodation, food, accommodations, and tourism services to the holiday-maker. Hospitality and Tourism Management as a field of study, draws a lot from other basic disciplines to provide the fundamental and relevant knowledge and skills that are necessary to fulfill the diverse demands placed upon individuals in managerial positions within the hospitality industry. It focuses on the contents of business basics with a tourism covering, cross cultural, social competence, and leadership and professional competence with the aim of leaving a memorable feeling and experience to its end users.
With globalization, it is now easier for people to migrate with ease from one place to the other, thus the concept of international tourism and hospitality. This has resulted into a surge of various hospitality and tourism industries coming up with claims of offer better services due to the competition. A better understanding of the necessary management needed with respect to the international hospitality and tourism entails would offer much satisfactory results to the industry. The research entails an in depth look at various aspects of hospitality and tourism management with respect to international tourism with the aim of realizing factors with optimal effects within the industry.
- What are the roles, scopes and challenges experienced on tour and guide operations?
- What are the functions and challenges travel agencies are likely to meet?
- How do sports affect tourism?
- How do tourism and the society correlate?
- What are the impacts of tourism on society and vice versa?
- How does the social event impact on tourism?
- How does guest psychology affect tourism?
- What factors affect the tourist decision making process, for instance, perception, motivation, personality and learning?
- What are the social determinants of tourism?
- What are the marketing challenges, opportunities, responses to global competition and markets?
- What are the trends involved in hospitality and tourism?
- What is the role of HR in hospitality and tourism?
- How and what are the trends in HRM affect hospitality and tourism?
- What is the concept of economics and how does it relate to hospitality and tourism?
- What are the multiplier effect and linkages between economics and tourism?
- What are the global economic trends in reference to the hospitality and tourism?
- What are the roles of UNWTO, UNDP, UNESCO, IATA, and PATA in promoting destination?
Key words
Hospitality: International travel and tourism: Tourists or guests: Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM): Economics.
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