Tourism Education in Greece: Development or Degradation?

Dimitrios Belias (), Dimitrios Kyriakou, Labros Vasiliadis, Athanasios Koustelios, Marina Bregkou and Konstantinos Varsanis
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Dimitrios Belias: University of Thessaly
Dimitrios Kyriakou: University of Liverpool
Labros Vasiliadis: Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece
Athanasios Koustelios: University of Thessaly
Marina Bregkou: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Konstantinos Varsanis: Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia

A chapter in Tourism and Culture in the Age of Innovation, 2016, pp 411-425 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The importance of Greek tourism for both the economy and the society has been widely discussed in the relevant literature. It has also been acknowledged that tourism education significantly affects the quality of the services offered and as a result, influences competitiveness in the global market. Tourism education in Greece is provided through a wide range of educational units both private and public, at higher education and post-high school levels. The development of job related skills is considered crucial, although many employees in the tourism sector have not received any formal training and do not hold any relevant degree. Instead, they remain competitive in the labor market due to their experience in the respective sector. The purpose of this empirical study, is to investigate tourism education changes over time and understand whether tourism education in Greece is currently undergoing a development or degradation phase. Factors like economic circumstances and technological developments are also assessed in terms of their role in the quality of the tourism education services offered.

Keywords: Tourism education; Tourism training; Tourism development; Tourism economics; Professional skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 I21 J23 J24 L83 O15 P46 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27528-4_28

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