Content analysis of scientific researches of specialists’ professional training problem in tourist industry

Abstract

The analysis of scientific works in the field of professional tourism education requires in-depth research in our country recently. The reasons for this are pivotal changes in the system of specialists’ professional training: the formation of a new standard for tourism education, the identification of a clear framework of general and professional competences, the changing of approach to education, as well as its internationalization. We made a content analysis of all available abstracts of dissertations on the researched topic in electronic libraries in order to outline the general outlook of researched directions in tourism education, to highlight the current problems of the last decade and to predict possible ways of solving them. The object of the research is Ukrainian scientists’ dissertation works from 2010 to 2019. The subject of research is the problem, which is revealed in the dissertation and the year of publication of scientific work. The purpose is to analyze the current research topics over the last decade and to outline the evolution of tourism education development during this period. The first half of the decade is characterized by the accumulation of theoretical knowledge and the bases’ formation for the training of qualified specialists. Researchers focused on detailing professional training and responding to challenges of the world tourism’s rapid development based on the developed theoretical standards in the second half of the decade. The topics, that should be given more attention in the following studies, are highlighted as a result of the study. Active digitization of the modern world leads to the formation of future specialists’ readiness to use the latest technological advances in their professional activity. The importance of general disciplines’ studying is not excluded, and together with the professional competencies’ formation shape the world outlook of a person, make it possible to outline the overall
picture of the world’s development and form the main principles of sustainable tourism development. There are no studies of impact monitoring of the quality of higher tourism education on graduates’ future career development. The results of the analysis make it possible to conclude that the theoretical and methodological basis for the professional training of specialists in tourist industry is practically formed and the problem of timely education response to the challenges of the tourism industry remains relevant.