E-Tourism Curriculum

• The goal of this chapter is two-fold: Recent research work in the domain of e-Tourism curriculum design, development and adjustment is explored and critically discussed. More importantly, necessary elements constituting the ‘state of the art’ e-Tourism curriculum are presented. The book chapter is structured as follows: First, the often overlooked positions in the philosophy of education are outlined. After a short discussion of major tourism educational frameworks (Tribe 2002; 2015) and tourism curriculum models (Dredge et al. 2012), the Tourism Curriculum Framework proposed by Oktadiana and Chon (2016) is introduced. This framework serves in discussing prior research work on e-Tourism curriculum design and major e-Tourism curriculum initiatives. After emphasizing commonalities and omissions of analyzed studies, major elements constituting the IFITT (International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism) e-Tourism curriculum are outlined. Finally, after illustrating research gaps, the conclusion section proposes an agenda for future research in the domain of e-Tourism curriculum design.

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e-Tourism curriculum

e-Tourism curriculum design

literature review

e-Tourism curriculum initiatives

IFITT e-Tourism Curriculum

research agenda

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