Improving education, skills, and employment in tourism : almaty-bishkek economic corridor / [Asian Development Bank].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asian Development Bank, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Social aspects.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (59 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Metro, Manila : CAREC : ADB, 2019.

Summary:

This report measures the skills gap among tourism industry workers and the resulting opportunity costs along the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor in Central Asia. The skills gap analysis identifies an annual lack of about 8,500 trained professionals in the tourism industry along the region which is causing opportunity costs of more than $30 million per year. The Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor has an exceptional heritage and wealth of culture and nature. This combination results in a high potential for tourism development that is largely untapped.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Key Findings

1. Skills for Tourism Sector Overview

1.1 Structure of Tourism Market in Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor

1.2 Good Practice in Regional Tourism Cooperation

1.3 Jobs and Nature-Based Tourism

2. Skills Supply and Demand in the Tourism Industries of Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor

2.1 The Skills Shortage in the Sector and Employer Constraints

2.2 On Data Availability and Quality for Conservative Estimations

2.3 Findings of Supply- and Demand-Side Mapping

3. Key Issues for Improving Tourism Skills in Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor

3.1 Institutionalized International Cooperation for Regional Cooperation in Tourism Education

3.2 Education Industry and Policy

3.3 Tourism Labor Markets and Skill Sets Needed

3.4 Certification of Multiple Obtained Skill Sets and Accreditations

3.5 Pedagogy, Curricula, and Teacher Training

3.6 On the Importance of Entrepreneurship Education

3.7 Education Facilities and Institutional Entrepreneurship

3.8 Research and Statistics in Centers of Excellence

3.9 On the Cost of Quality Higher Education

4. Structures for Improving Skills for Tourism

4.1 Internationally Managed Private Centers of Excellence in Tourism Education (Proposal 1)

4.2 State-Owned Network of Centers of Excellence (Proposal 2)

4.3 Project Components toward a Logical Framework

4.4 Narrative Description of Project Components

References

Appendixes

1 Supply and Demand Mapping: Authors' Estimations

2 Technicalities of ADB Support and Finance

3 Glossary.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789292615710

9292615718