Suitability and education of the population for incoming tourism
2003
Kacavenda-Radic, N. (University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro). Faculty of Philosophy)
The aim was to investigate into and answer several questions: Are our people prepared for development of tourism in terms of education and if so to what degree? Also, how may their suitability for this kind of work be described regardless of wheater renowned or potentially tourist regions were involved? Is there, what kind and to what measure a connection between certain aspects of competence for tourist work, on the one side, and some educational and bio-phycho-social characteristics on the other? Making operational the concept of competence of man for tourist work, several aspects are involved (primarily regarding the experience of ASTA - The American Society of Travel Agents): a) communication competence; b) personality desirable features; c) suitability for work with tourists in ones own home; d) tourist value orientation; e) educational competence. Corresponding techniques and instruments have been applied which in fact make up a battery of instruments. Research has determined that judging from the evinced hospitableness, enthusiasm and altruism, the subjects were suitable for play hosts in incoming tourism. However, it was noted that the subjects have no required educational competence for this kind of work. Namely, a strong educational need has been determined, all the more so since the subjects were greater degree willing to participate in some form in tourism work. The marked existence of educational need comes within the competence of educators, but the complexity of the relations between the factors needed for successful incoming tourism at a location points to the conclusion that the defined need may be met only through coordinated, planned and correct work on several profiles of exports.
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