Features of training in the industry of tourism and hospitality in Russia: traditional and modern approaches

Abstract

The article considers issues relating to existing system of personnel training for tourism and hospitality. In connection with the active development of this sector of the economy has appeared the need for clear interaction between the system of professional education and the labor market. The authors highlight perspectives joint activities of sectoral employer and of profile educational institutions, and define the factors influencing on the personnel training in field of tourism and hospitality. The problems in the traditional and modern approach personnel training and possible solutions are considered. In the traditional approach in personnel training have been identified such basic methods of training as training in the workplace and outside the workplace. With the modern approach to personnel training were considered the methods of outsourcing and outstaffing and the competency approach. Tourism and hospitality industry is a special sphere of business activity, which is differs by integrated character of functioning of various enterprises. The modern model of professional tourism education suggests in its basis multilevel, geographically distributed system of continuous training, retraining and advanced training of tourism personnel. Currently, however, had not solved the problems connected with the quality of personnel training. The specific of tourist education lies in its multifaceted, because personnel training carried out in different directions of technical and technological, economic, administrative and scientific profiles.