What is Tourism Education

The tourism and hospitality industry is a major source of employment. This chapter identifies the possible sources of employment through tourism and tourism education. Additionally, the chapter outlines immense tourism opportunities in the region in order to enhance the employment and business ventures. The chapter highlighted the relevance of tourism education to generating and availing job opportunities. The chapter also highlights the factors and challenges which diminish the success of tourism industry at the region likewise – lack of tourism education courses, poor infrastructure, and lack of proper transport services, event management companies, seasonality, and lack of marketing of tourism attraction/tourism products. The region compromises great potential for employability in tourism and hospitality industry despite of it the region is suffering a lot due to unemployment. The major cause is non-availability of professional courses in tourism, travel, and hospitality.