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The Influence of COVID-19 on Vocational Hospitality and Tourism Students’ Career Choices; 新冠肺炎疫情对旅游与酒店管理专业高职学生职业选择的影响研究

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Li, Fangxuan
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Zhang, Lingjun
Journal of China Tourism Research
Journal · Vol. 19 · Issue 1 · pp. 74-91
Abstract

This study explored the influence of COVID-19 on vocational hospitality and tourism students’ career choices. 31 interviewees were approached through purposive and snowball sampling. This study found that students’ attitudes toward working in the hospitality and tourism industry are changed by COVID-19 pandemic. Theoretically, this study developed a framework of the influence of COVID-19 on vocational hospitality and tourism students’ career choices at three stages, including before COVID-19, during COVID-19 outbreak, and after COVID-19 outbreak. Practically, this study provided useful suggestions for government and employers to attract students to work in the hospitality and tourism industry after COVID-19 outbreak. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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COVID-19 Vocational students Career choices job attitude hospitality and tourism industry

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Author Affiliations
School of Tourism, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
Funding & Acknowledgements
Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province
Grant: 721QN223
This work was supported by the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [721QN223].
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