Impact Of Hospitality And Tourism Management

Introduction and Background

Hospitality and Tourism Management is a programme of study that has been instituted within many tertiary institutions. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hospitality means “the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers with liberality and good will.” The word hospitality is derived from hospice, the term for a medieval house of rest for travellers and pilgrims. The program provides students with knowleged as it relates to the Tourism sector and offers students the opportunity to get work experience within the field through work and travel (local or international). Tertiary students experience high stress during their academic accomplishment that may affect the social and emotional aspect

It will identify solutions that can decrease the amount of failures in school. According to collinsdictionary.com, quality of life is defined as the comfort, happiness and general well-being of a person or society, It also indicates that, “it is our responsibility to improve the quality of life for ourselves and a healthy lifestyle leads to a better quality of life”. Tertiary students faced issues such as burnout, stress which may involve financial stress, eating disorder that lead up to unhealthy

“The hotels, catering and tourism sector is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy. It is also among the top-job creating sectors because of its labour intensive nature and the significant multiplier effect on employment in other related sectors. The field of hospitality has been exposed to students both on the secondary and tertiary level to get them ready for the industry. Quality of life is a wide statement which can be compared to a big tree and its branches would be its characteristics such as; working conditions, Demands and responsibilities, Gender, Happiness, Health and many others. E.C.C students in the hospitality programme will have vast impacts on their quality of life now understanding the term and also the Hospitality Industry. Upon entering the working world students must have good job attributes such as; adaptability, competitive, consistency and diplomatic amongst others. Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one 's own motivation, behaviour, mental and social environment. The industry is said to be mostly time consuming and of a high customer service and interaction base being the reason why persons tend to shy away from it. It is also said that it can be low paying and menial and doesn’t cater for a persons’ quality of life which is false. “The industry needs individuals who are willing and