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Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach

The offering of tourism and hospitality education program in Malaysia is growing tremendously. Many higher learning institutions from the public and private education sector offer various tourism and hospitality management program specializing in different areas such as hotel, culinary, tour and tra...

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Main Authors: Mohd Fadil Mohd Yusof, Ghazali Ahmad
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8858/1/Conference%20Paper_2.pdf
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spelling my.umk.eprints.88582022-05-23T13:09:53Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8858/ Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach Mohd Fadil Mohd Yusof Ghazali Ahmad The offering of tourism and hospitality education program in Malaysia is growing tremendously. Many higher learning institutions from the public and private education sector offer various tourism and hospitality management program specializing in different areas such as hotel, culinary, tour and travel and event management. The proliferation of these tourism and hospitality management programs creates heavy competition among these institution in attracting students for the program . However, there are not many studies conducted in examining the content of those programs as well as the strength and weaknesses. Therefore, this paper highlights the new development of tourism and hospitality education program currently offered by the University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) and explain how those programs differ from the other higher learning institutions. As one of the public universities in Malaysia, UMK is focusing on the entrepreneurial education which includes tourism and hospitality as one of the area of specializations. In this paper, the content of the programs will be looked into as well as the teaching approach. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8858/1/Conference%20Paper_2.pdf Mohd Fadil Mohd Yusof and Ghazali Ahmad (2011) Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach. In: UNSPECIFIED.
institution Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
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description The offering of tourism and hospitality education program in Malaysia is growing tremendously. Many higher learning institutions from the public and private education sector offer various tourism and hospitality management program specializing in different areas such as hotel, culinary, tour and travel and event management. The proliferation of these tourism and hospitality management programs creates heavy competition among these institution in attracting students for the program . However, there are not many studies conducted in examining the content of those programs as well as the strength and weaknesses. Therefore, this paper highlights the new development of tourism and hospitality education program currently offered by the University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) and explain how those programs differ from the other higher learning institutions. As one of the public universities in Malaysia, UMK is focusing on the entrepreneurial education which includes tourism and hospitality as one of the area of specializations. In this paper, the content of the programs will be looked into as well as the teaching approach.
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author Mohd Fadil Mohd Yusof
Ghazali Ahmad
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Ghazali Ahmad
Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach
author_facet Mohd Fadil Mohd Yusof
Ghazali Ahmad
author_sort Mohd Fadil Mohd Yusof
title Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach
title_short Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach
title_full Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach
title_fullStr Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach
title_full_unstemmed Tourism and Hospitality Education in Universiti Malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach
title_sort tourism and hospitality education in universiti malaysia : an entrepreneurial approach
publishDate 2011
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8858/1/Conference%20Paper_2.pdf
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