Youth in tourism should incorporate greater engagement

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Young people are expected more to dishearten other people looking for tourism, hospitality or events employment with only a meager 28% of those surveyed recently consider that they were being fairly treated in the industry, the latest report has found such statistics.

As per a recent study of 190 young people with an average age of 28 years associated with the tourism, a rising gap is being observed between the values of young people working in the visitor economy and the industry itself. Currently, three quarters who were surveyed were working in hospitality, tourism and events, with the other quarter studying for careers in the similar fields.

Young Tourism Network (YTN) and Regeneration Projects has carried on the study followed by report also found that young people in 2020 have experienced worse outcomes compared to others in the tourism industry.

“For the amount of professional development I have completed and continue to do to maintain a professional point of view, to then be working alongside someone with no experience or qualifications is quite disheartening,” one respondent said.

“It was a minimum requirement to have these skills and quals now it’s just fill positions and take people outside.”
Recommendations made by the report comprised young people as the main decision making force, refocusing sustainability efforts and improving links between businesses and educational institutions.

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