Exploring a New Chinese Model of Tourism and Hospitality Education: Lessons Learned from American Counterparts

Abstract

College-enterprise cooperation has become one of the important modes of tourism management education in colleges and universities of China. This article probed on experiences of college-enterprise cooperation in tourism colleges of America, and then presented the situation of college-enterprise cooperation in tourism college of China, and further analyzed its main reasons. Referring to the experiences of America, this article discussed personnel training modes which conform to both the international popular training practices and Chinese characteristics in order to train tourism talents.