Private universities are creating human resources for tourism industry of Bangladesh

Tourism is a service base industry. To provide service there need service provider and these service providers are human resources for tourism industry. Most of the industry are now depends on technology for various purposes and tourism industry is not difference from them. But at the field of service providing, there are no alternative of skill human resources to provide service properly to the tourists. So human resources of tourism industry are not same like other industry. They have to contain some special characteristics among them to make satisfy the tourists. Human resources of tourism industry are like brand ambassador of a country, because they represent culture, attitude, behavior and hospitality of a country as well as a nation. So they need special education and training about tourism and hospitality industry which can make them more skilled and professional for the industry to provide better service to the tourists and also represent their country properly.  

Students are involving at practical classes of Commercial Cookery course in BTHM lab of Victoria University of Bangladesh which is a leading private university of Tourism and Hospitality Management Studies.   

A few private universities have launched bachelor degree on “Tourism and Hospitality/Hotel Management (THM)” first time in Bangladesh. Now seven private universities are providing four year bachelor degree on “Tourism and Hospitality/Hotel Management”. The universities are – The peoples University of Bangladesh, Victoria University of Bangladesh, Royal University of Bangladesh, Prime Asia University, IUBAT (International University of Business Agriculture and Technology), AIUB (American International University of Bangladesh) and IBAIS (International Business Administration and information system) University. All of these Universities are committed to develop human resources by providing degree on “Tourism and Hospitality/Hotel Management” for tourism industry of Bangladesh. This is very encouraging step from private sector for tourism development. Among 35 public Universities only Dhaka University have started bachelor and MBA degree on “Tourism and Hospitality Management” at 2008.

Students of Victoria University with their former chairman Mr. Mohammad N. Azim of " Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management". Now Mr.  Mohammad N. Azim is CEO of Hotel Sea Palace Ltd.

Only 7 private universities of Bangladesh among 54 private universities are committed to provide better education in “Tourism and Hospitality Management” degree. All of them are following North American’s University curriculum to design their course profile.  They are not only providing academic degree, they also arrange practical class for their students to make them more prepare for the job sector of tourism industry. They arrange internship for their students in different establishments like hotel, motel, guest house, restaurants or tour operator organization for improving their skills and make them more professional for the industry. In this way they are creating human resources for our tourism industry and day by day our tourism industry will get benefit from those skilled, educated and trained human resources. 

Fruit Carving by a student of Victoria University of Bangladesh. 

More over Bachelor degree on “Tourism and Hospitality/ Hotel Management” is very much different from diploma or short course. A student become educated about tourism and other tourism related sector in details by 4 years Bachelor degree as well as he or she gets lots of knowledge and skill during their educational session. But in diploma course or any short course, a student become only trained on a particular subject or department, he or she does not gets a vast knowledge on tourism and other tourism related facts. On the other hand, a “Tourism and Hospitality Management” graduate can reach in a position of decision maker into any governing body of Bangladesh tourism industry.      

Students are make projects and exhibits the model of the project about the development of tourism and hospitality industry in Victoria University of Bangladesh.