Vineet Kumar, Hardaman Singh Bhinder, Kamakshya Prasad Nayak
The primary purpose of any tourismcurriculum
is to cultivate the talents and skills of students to make them fit as per the
needs of the industry. This helps to maintain tourism offerings as per the
international standards for both domestic and international tourists. Tourism
is an industry of expanding economic significance to both India and Australia.
This study aims to compare the undergraduate tourism curriculum content in
India with those offered in Australia in order to show up differences in
approach, outcomes and design. As a sample 18 Indians and 7 Australian
universities undergraduate curriculum content was selected. Content analysis is
used to examine the curriculum content. The study result indicates that
Australian universities have more specialization in tourism management/theory
subjects as compared to Indian universities. However the present post-covid-19
pandemic era would be requiring more digital competency skills which are
comparatively lesser in the current curriculum structure for both the
countries. The study provided valuable information in the form of cross-country
curriculum content comparison and shows that under which components differences
occur further it can be helpful for tourism curriculum planners to know the
difference and to adapt well with the current industry requirement.
Undergraduate, tourism education,
curriculum, India, Australia
VOL.13, ISSUE No.3, September 2021