Developing human resources for the tourism industry with reference to India

The overwhelming success of international and domestic tourism has given rise to a pressing demand for quality professional acumen. Requirements for skilled and efficient human capital poses a serious threat to the future competitiveness of this service industry, This paper considers the contribution of education/training bodies, world-over and then focuses on their status in a developing country like India, where conditions are more complex, Specific in-built social and economic conditions that could probably be the root-cause for its present status have been identified, Finally an attempt has also been made to suggest viable measures for ascertaining success in quality manpower development efforts. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.