Turizm Sektöründe Kariyer: Öğrenciler ve Mezunlar Perspektifinden Bir Değerlendirme (Career in The Tourism Sector: An Evaluation From the Perspectıve of Students and Graduates)
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Tourism, Career, Students, GraduatesAbstract
In the tourism sector, which is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world and supports socio-economic development by creating the most employment, the employment of educated personnel, as in every sector, draws attention as a very important issue. At this point, tourism education and the structure of the tourism sector are two important elements that need to be examined. In this context, the reason for the emergence of this study, which has the feature of conceptual study; is the absence of current and comprehensive study in literature that approaches the subject of career in the tourism sector holistically from the perspective of tourism students and graduates. Based on this lack of information in the literature, to contribute to the academic knowledge accumulation and to provide up-to-date information to the stakeholders of the sector, within the scope of this study; studies carried out specifically for students and graduates receiving education in tourism-related fields were examined and a holistic evaluation was made. As a result of the study, it has been revealed that sustainability in employment can be achieved by increasing the cooperation between institutions providing tourism education, sector representatives and policy makers regarding careers in the tourism sector, by training qualified human resources in the tourism sector and by reaching the retention capacity in the sector.
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