REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL
                 TOURISM EDUCATION
                              World Tourism Alliance
                    China Tourism Education Association (CTEA) 
            Nankai University College of Tourism and Service Management
                 Foreword
                  Nowadays, tourism has become one of the fastest growing 
                 industries in the global economy. It plays an important role in 
                 promoting social progress, economic growth, cultural exchanges, 
                 employment and entrepreneurship, cultural inheritance and 
                 transmission, as well as poverty alleviation and reduction. In 2020, 
                 the global tourism was thrown into suspension of business due to the 
                 outbreak of COVID-19 which poses new challenges for the tourism 
                 practitioners, related industry managers, researchers and educators 
                 around the world.
                  As is known to all, talent is the cornerstone of industry 
                 development while education is the cradle for training talent. In 
                 order to promote the experience exchanges, cooperation and 
                 development of global tourism education community, and realize 
                 the core concept and goal of "Better Tourism, Better World", the 
                 World Tourism Alliance (WTA) and the China Tourism Education 
                 Association (CTEA) have joined forces with the College of Tourism 
                 and Service Management at Nankai University, the School of 
                 Tourism Management at Sun Yat-sen University, the School of 
                 Tourism and Hotel Management at Dongbei University of Finance & 
                 Economics (STHM-DUFE), the School of Tourism Sciences at Beijing 
                 International Studies University, the Tourism College of Zhejiang, and 
      other well-known domestic tourism schools and agreed to compile 
      the International Tourism Education Report 2020 in January 2020              Editorial Board
      and publish it during the "WTA·Xianghu Dialogue 2020" period. The 
      report consists of three parts. The first part of international tourism 
      education development and training system gives a systematic                 Directors
      introduction of the changes and development of tourism education             Qiu, Hanqin  
      in China, the United Kingdom and the United States; the second               Dean and Professor
      part of explorations and thinking on tourism education explains              Nankai University College of Tourism and Service Management
      the explorations and thinking of scholars, education managers,               Liu, Shijun
      employers and other parties related to tourism education from quality        Secretary-General
      assurance, international construction, education project innovations,        World Tourism Alliance
      industry expectations and other perspectives; and the third part of 
      the future of tourism education explains the prospects by Chinese            Bao, Jigang
      and foreign scholars on the development of tourism education.                Professor 
        Published on a regular basis, this report aims to promote the              Sun Yat-sen University School of Tourism Management
      sharing and exchanges of theoretical achievements and practical              Liu, Lili
      experience of global tourism educators in such fields as educational         Secretary-General
      concept, discipline construction, education management, teaching             China Tourism Education Association (CTEA)
      methods, new technology applications, industry-university-research 
      cooperation, and educational innovations, boost the development of 
      green economy led by tourism industry in less developed economies,           Members
      and build a community of shared future for mankind featuring the             Gu, Huimin
      model of "Joint Building and Shared Benefits", for win-win results           Beijing International Studies University School of Tourism 
      and common prosperity.                                                       Sciences
                                                                                   Luo, Qiuju
                                                                                   Sun Yat-sen University School of Tourism Management
                                                                                   Wang, Kunxin
                                                                                   Tourism College of Zhejiang
                                                                                                                                                              Contents
                     Zhang, Yuan                                                                                                                              Chapter 1: International Tourism Talent Development        007
                     World Tourism Alliance                                                                                                                   and Education System
                     Shi, Da                                                                                                                                  Tourism Management Undergraduate Education in China        008
                     Dongbei University of Finance & Economics School of Tourism                                                                              “Double High Plan” Leads New Development of  039
                     and Hotel Management                                                                                                                     Vocational Education of Tourism in China
                     Jiang, Jiawei                                                                                                                            Talent Development and Education in Tourism in the         050
                     Sun Yat-sen University School of Tourism Management                                                                                      United Kingdom
                                                                                                                                                              Hospitality and Tourism Higher Education in the United     064
                     Shi, Fangfang                                                                                                                            States – Education System and Future Trends
                     Dongbei University of Finance & Economics School of Tourism 
                     and Hotel Management
                     Wang, Shan                                                                                                                               Chapter 2: Studies and Reflections on Tourism  078
                     Nankai University College of Tourism and Service Management                                                                              Education
                                                                                                                                                              Developing A World-Class Hospitality and Tourism           079
                     Tian, Hua                                                                                                                                Management Program
                     China Tourism Education Association (CTEA)                                                                                               Education Exploration and Practice for Master of Tourism   090
                                                                                                                                                              Administration (MTA) Degree in China
                                                                                                                                                              Education Quality Assurance System of Tourism College      104
                     Edited by                                                                                                                                of Zhejiang
                     Wang, Shan                                                                                                                               Experience and Inspirations of Joint Training in  113
                     Nankai University College of Tourism and Service Management                                                                              International Cooperation
                                                                                                                                                              China’s Experience and Inspirations of Cooperation with    118
                                                                                                                                                              Foreign Countries in Running Schools:A case study on 
                                                                                                                                                              Guilin Tourism University