Tourism & Hospitality Education in Nigeria: Strategies for Bridging the Issues of Curriculum Gap for Industry Fit and Development

Abstract

The hospitality and tourism industry is also one of the most diversified industries in the world because of the wide number of different occupations and professions involved in it. The industry also operates on regional, national, as well as global levels and involves different sectors of an economy such as government, non-profit, and for profit. The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world. About 90% of US workforce is employed in the service sectors of which many are part of the various sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Millions of jobs, with billions of