Student’s Perceptions To Opt Hospitality Education: Study Of Private Hospitality Colleges In Punjab-India

Research Article
Aman Kumar
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0812.1310
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Hospitality education, Perceptions, Tourism
Abstract: 

Hospitality education has its inception from the period where the need felt for skilled and professionals requirements in different sectors of the society. One of the sector is the hospitality and tourism which is emerging one of the most priority field in relation to education and employability. In the last few years numbers of private colleges has emerged in the field of hospitality education. And the image of employment generation is formed about the hospitality education in the society. But somewhere students who joins these courses are not clear about the perceptions they make regarding the joining these courses and find these courses mismatch with the industrial requirements. This paper will focus on the perception formation of these students regarding to join them. It takes study of 3 private colleges of Punjab region. It provides the mismatch between student’s perceptions and real state of the situation. This paper uses both primary and secondary research data collection to complete this paper with conclusive findings.