Tourism Education and the Internet: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities

Gary Williams; Robert Douglas McKercher

doi:10.1300/J172v01n02_01

Tourism Education and the Internet: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities

Gary Williams, Robert Douglas McKercher

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Abstract

Using the Internet in the teaching and learning environment assists tourism students in achieving two criteria increasingly being expected by employers. These are an understanding of the applications of the Internet to the industry, and a set of operational Internet skills. In this paper the benefits and challenges of integrating the Internet into the teaching and learning environment are discussed. In addition, the results of a small-scale survey of tourism academics are reported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism
Volume	1
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J172v01n02_01
Publication status	Published - 17 Aug 2001

Keywords

Academics
Internet
Teaching
Tourism education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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