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Professional Training in Tourism for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Professional Training in Tourism for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Rosa María Rivas García, Jésica Alhelí Cortés Ruiz
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799818755|ISBN10: 1799818756|EISBN13: 9781799818779
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1875-5.ch004
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García, Rosa María Rivas, and Jésica Alhelí Cortés Ruiz. "Professional Training in Tourism for the Fourth Industrial Revolution." Management Training Programs in Higher Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Edgar Oliver Cardoso Espinosa, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 62-78. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1875-5.ch004

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García, R. M. & Ruiz, J. A. (2020). Professional Training in Tourism for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In E. Cardoso Espinosa (Ed.), Management Training Programs in Higher Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Emerging Research and Opportunities (pp. 62-78). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1875-5.ch004

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García, Rosa María Rivas, and Jésica Alhelí Cortés Ruiz. "Professional Training in Tourism for the Fourth Industrial Revolution." In Management Training Programs in Higher Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Edgar Oliver Cardoso Espinosa, 62-78. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1875-5.ch004

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Abstract

At present, the World Tourism Organization indicates that, as a worldwide export category, tourism occupies the third position, behind chemical and fuel products and ahead of the automotive industry. In many developing countries, tourism is the main export sector. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to propose an approach to the training of tourism professionals for the fourth industrial revolution, so this chapter proposes an approach to educational competencies in the training of tourism professionals for Industry 4.0 with a focus in sustainable development; initially, the subject of educational competencies in higher education will be described, since derived from these, professional competencies are achieved. Next, the exploration of the concepts of intellectual capital, tourism, and the fourth industrial revolution will be shown; to conclude the authors show the relation of the thematic axes.

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