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British Tourism Higher Education Curriculum and Education System
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Author: Lina Zhong, Xiaonan Li, Baolin Deng, Xiaoya Zhang
Abstract: A reasonable curriculum system and teaching content can make the talent training of tourism higher education institutions more in line with the needs of the tourism industry. As the birthplace of the world's modern tourism industry, the UK has always been at the forefront of tourism development and has become the pillar of the UK. The industry and the tourism industry have a large number of talents. It can be seen that the tourism higher education in the UK must have certain characteristics and advantages to support the development of its tourism industry. Therefore, this paper takes the comparatively mature university of the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom as an example. Through the analysis of the education system and curriculum of the tourism-related departments, it is found that the curriculum of tourism higher education in British universities and the characteristics of the education system. And through this analysis, it provides a reference for China's tourism higher education.
Keywords: Tourism Higher Education, Tourism Management, Curriculum Setting, Education System
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