TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Commey, Vida
A1  - Frimpong, Monica
A1  - Quist, Evelyn Catherine
A1  - Boateng, Ruth
A1  - Osae-Akonnor, Priscilla
A1  - Akrofi-Ansah, Harrietta
T1  - The “Hospitality Entrepreneur” in Tourism Education in Ghana, Africa
T2  - Bode, Umuerri (Eds.): Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa – Conference Proceedings 2020
N2  - Studies in entrepreneurship education in hospitality and tourism has indicated that further attention could be given toward helping students to develop creativity and critical thinking skills, engage in deeper self-discovery experiences, and understand tourism more fully to help prepare them for entrepreneurial roles. This study aims at evaluating Hospitality entrepreneurial modules offered in Tourism programs in Ghanaian institutions. The curriculum of Tourism in two tertiary institutions in Ghana offering Tourism is studied. The research highlights on the need to integrate hospitality technical skills into Tourism education to create a culture that will enhance the growth of entrepreneurial hospitality into Tourism as culinary Tourism is becoming common. Some of the challenges faced by tourism students and entrepreneurship educators are highlighted. Structured interview technique was used to collect data from 20 purposive sampled students of the selected institutions. The results revealed that the level of importance and attention given to hospitality skills in tourism and the perception of students on acquisition of the required competencies is minimal. It is therefore recommended that more skills and competences in hospitality operation, food and beverage production and service be introduced in tourism education in a more holistic manner with emphasis on skill acquisition in order to make the tourism graduate more creative and critical thinker in today’s global competitive environment.
KW  - Hospitality entrepreneurial skills
KW  - Curriculum
KW  - Culinary Tourism
KW  - Ghana
KW  - Tourism education
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-53746
SN  - 978-3-96043-083-4
SB  - 978-3-96043-083-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.18418/978-3-96043-083-4_176
DO  - https://doi.org/10.18418/978-3-96043-083-4_176
SP  - 176
EP  - 184
S1  - 9
ER  -