Abstract:

In Turkey, the basic and vocational education levels of the staff who are employed in tourism sector are quite low and insufficent. This situation stems from not giving the necessary importance to the tourism education and the varied chain of problems that are on each level. However; providing the best profit from the tourism industry can only be possible with the effective and quality basic and vocational tourism education. In this study; why education in tourism is required together with basic and vocational education situations of the staff in tourism sector in Turkey is given based on the previous research results. The suggestions of solution to the general problems of Turkish tourism education are stated

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