ABSTRACT

This research was conducted among 50 participants from the tourism industry and 356 students pursuing vocational (tourism) education at the undergraduate level in government colleges of Himachal Pradesh (India). Industry professionals were sampled to identify a list of competencies that they expect in graduates, while, students were surveyed to understand whether educators are effective in delivering such competencies. The research aimed to explore the industry-academia gap in Vocational Tourism Education (VTE) at the undergraduate level. A seven-point Likert-type opinionnaire which included a list of competencies confirmed by industry professionals was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were utilized for data analysis. Results led to the identification of 35 competencies that industry expects of its potential employees. The study revealed the efficiency of educators in delivering most of the generic competencies. Whilst there exists a scope of improvement in most of the generic-vocational, vocational, and applied competencies.

摘要

这项研究是在 50 名来自旅游业的参与者和 356 名在喜马偕尔邦（印度）政府学院接受本科职业（旅游）教育的学生中进行的。对行业专业人士进行了抽样调查，以确定他们期望毕业生具备的能力清单，同时对学生进行了调查，以了解教育工作者是否能够有效地提供这些能力。该研究旨在探讨本科阶段旅游职业教育（VTE）行业与学术界的差距。数据收集采用了李克特式七点意见调查表，其中包括经行业专业人士确认的能力列表。采用描述性统计和卡方检验进行数据分析。结果确定了行业期望潜在员工具备的 35 项能力。该研究揭示了教育工作者在提供大部分通用能力方面的效率。虽然大多数通用职业、职业和应用能力都存在一定的改进范围。