Students’ perceptions and attitudes toward working in tourism industry in Egypt

Abstract EN

This research examines the perceptions and attitudes of undergraduate tourism and hotel students toward aspects of worlcing in tourism industry in Egypt.

Four hundred and eighty students in faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management -Helwan University- completed a questionnaire of three closed questions, multi-dimensional, and multi-item attitude scale.

The results showed a general unfavorable evaluation towards working in tourism industry.

It has been argued that the lack of skills in tourism indusfty in Egypt will grow afterward if problems are not addressed.

Overall, the final findings cover aspects of commitment to the industry, so gave negative attitude to working in tourism industry.

This highlights the need for tutors adopting tactics and strategies aiming to ensure potential employee after graduation.

Moreover, these findings may be given to other faculties of tourism and hotels to make use of A positive aim of these findings is its role as a useful source of information regarding the perceptions and attitudes of the study sample.

As a conclusion, this study offers recommendations to tourism industry professionals and tutors relating to students’ expectations of their ftiture work environment.

Furthermore, the researcher identifies some limitations of this study and areas for further research.