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The Importance of Hospitality & Tourism For College Students
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This is why College Students should look into pursuing this major...
- The industry provides a wide variety of job opportunities and experience.
- The industry is constantly adding new jobs and the employment rate is increasing.
- The industry allows part and full time employees with opportunities at every salary level.
- This industry offers jobs all over the world.
What is Hospitality & Tourism?
- Hospitality is the relationship between the guest and the host, or the act of being hospitable.
- Tourism is travel for recreation, leisure, religious, family, or business purposes, usually for a limited duration
The Hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry.
This industry has become one of the biggest retail employers in the nation and employs millions of people per year.
The Statistics behind this Industry
- Hospitality & Tourism supported about 7.8 million jobs in the U.S. and generated about 1.5 trillion in economic output in 2012.
- In 2011 the industry added 273,000 new jobs increasing the employment rate by 17% in the last ten years.
Research Question &
Thesis Statement
Why should college students major in Hospitality and Tourism?
I believe that Hospitality and Tourism is such a fast growing industry that college students should look more into pursuing this major.
My sources:
How the employees affect customers
- Sue Bergin, Margaret Deery, Leo Jago, "Benchmarking in the Hospitality Industry:Important but Misinterpreted Concept.
- Jeremy Buultens, "The Hospitality Industry and Determination: A Case study of Registered Clubs in New South Wales.
- Julie Connell, "Growing the Right Skills Through Five-Star Management.
- Michael Davidson, "Are Customers Satisfaction and Performance in Hotels Influenced bu Organizational Climate?"
- Paul Lennard, "Hospitality Management: An Introduction."
- Bruce Prideauz, "Marketing Australian Travel and Tourism: Principals and Practice.
- Bilingual employers can help direct customers that speak a different language in the right direction.
- Marketing employees can provide information like attractions, events, transportation, and restaurants in the area.
- Operations and maintenance crews keep resorts and hotels safe and running efficiently.
- Managers keep everything running and on track.
The Importance of Hospitality & Tourism For College Students
By: Melanie Gunn
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