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https://doi.org/10.20867/thm.14.1.6

Determinants of professional careers of bachelor's degree graduates - the Faculty of tourism and recreation

Elzbieta Podoska-Filipowicz ; Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Andrzej Michalski ; School of Graduate Studies in Hospitality Management and Tourism, Czestochowa, Poland


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Tourism has recently been one of the fast developing industries in Poland and all over the world.
It is an important source of job opportunities. The estimated global rate of employment in tourism management is 10% of the total employment rate. It also makes a significant contribution to the gross domestic product. Globally, it is estimated as 10%.
Tourism has recently been one of the fast developing industries in Poland and all over the world. It is an important source of job opportunities. The characteristics of the contemporary labour market with regard to tourism include:
• seasonal character of employment,
• part-time employment,
• high percentage of women employees,
• demand for employees of different fields and occupations, who may be employed in tourism
management directly (hospitality, catering, direct tourist traffic service) or indirectly (trade, transport,
banking, administration, manufacturing of: sports and tourist equipment, foodstuffs and other) –
complementary employment in the sphere of tourist traffic service,
• options of professional activity for the retired and the pensioners (seasonal character of employment),
• seasonal and part-time job opportunities for pupils and students.

All the characteristics of the tourist labour market must be taken into consideration by students taking up education at the faculty of tourism and recreation, when they plan their professional careers. The bachelor’s degree studies at this faculty are provided by many schools: university schools of physical education, universities of economics, other universities and many private schools. According to data provided by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), the estimated number of students of this faculty is approx.28 thousand,
which makes approx. 1,5 % of the total number of students in Poland.

Ključne riječi

tourism; recreation; professional career; graduate studies

Hrčak ID:

181048

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/181048

Datum izdavanja:

30.6.2008.

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