1st Edition

Hospitality and Tourism Education in China Development, Issues, and Challenges

Edited By Jigang Bao, Songshan (Sam) Huang Copyright 2022
248 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is the first to systematically introduce China’s tourism education system and the various tourism education practices in China to the international audience and stakeholders. China has the world’s largest tourism education system, which consists of over 1,000 higher learning institutions with tourism-related programs and over half a million of tertiary-level students studying in these... Read more

1. Hospitality and Tourism Education in China: An Overview
Jigang Bao and Songshan (Sam) Huang
2. Tourism Management Undergraduate Programs
Li Tian and Liang Liu
3. China’s Higher Education in Hospitality Management
Bin Li and Huimin Gu
4. Event Management Education in China
Qiuju Luo and Xiangru Qin
5. Tourism Vocational Education
Kunxin Wang, Jian Hu, Angzhi Gao, and Zhichao Yang
6. Tour Guiding Education, Training and Administration
Xianrong Luo, Hanjun Tao, and Lili Liu
7. Master of Tourism Administration Education
Yanbo Yao and Pingping Hou
8. Tourism PhD Programs in China
Honggang Xu and Qingfang Zhang
9. Curriculum Settings and Comparisons
Chaozhi Zhang and Xiaofeng Zhou
10. International Collaboration in Tourism Higher Education
Qiuju Luo and Xueting Zhai
11. Tourism Research in China
Jigang Bao, Ganghua Chen, and Songshan (Sam) Huang
12. Critical Issues, Challenges and Future Prospects
Songshan (Sam) Huang and Jigang Bao

Biography

Jigang Bao is Professor in the School of Tourism Management and the Director of the Centre for Tourism Planning and Research at Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Songshan (Sam) Huang is Professor in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University, Australia.