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Tourism and hospitality education in Taiwan

Tourism and hospitality education in Taiwan was first transformed from commercial and

home economics division. The first tourism department was established in 1965, and whereas

the earliest food and beverage management department was set up in 1985 (Horng, 2003).

Taiwan’s tourism industry has rapidly grown since 2003. Between 2003 and 2009, the annual

number of tourists visiting Taiwan grew from 2.2 million to 4.3 million (Tourism Bureau,

R.O.C., 2010). Nowadays, tourism industry is one of the largest national income sources in

Taiwan now. Due to the rapidly increasing demand for qualified workers in the hospitality

industry, numerous Taiwanese senior high schools and universities have rapidly established

tourism and F&B (Spell this out!) departments to train human resources for hospitality

industries in recent times. There are In 2009, a total of 114 tourism or leisure departments

were operating in 168 Taiwanese universities in 2009 (Ministry of Education, R.O.C, 2010).

Also, in recent years, There are also 135 public and private vocational schools have
established to establish tourism departments or the F&B departments in Taiwan now.(The
center for study area of Hospitality-Major Category, 2012).

Nurturing hospitality professionals deeply influenced the development of hospitality

industries. Accordingly, mastering Mastering foreign language skills is essential for people

who working in the tourism sector as it is the means to communicate with tourists and

understand cultural differences. It also increases the possibility of job hunting in the international

industry (Leslie & Russell, 2006). Look at the overall hospitality education in Taiwan. Taiwan's

hospitality education, starting from the grassroots vocational high schools, up to universities and

institutes, are now offering hospitality English courses. (I suggest deleting this because

the Literature Review should NOT contain opinionated statements. The

hospitality English conversation courses deal with teaching the language needed for

communication and interaction between people of different cultures in airports, tourism and

travel firms, markets and hospitality(Afzali & Fakharzadeh, 2009; Jacob & Strutt, 1997; Seong,

2005). In other words, to improve the English communication skills of

hospitality employees, the foundation of hospitality students should be

nurtured. (This is your opinion? No research basis.)