Directions and practical tools for professional education quality increase (the case of tourism industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

Abstract

The economic globalization in the century of competition increase assumes some new economic relations. In our opinion, one of the key points for state's competitive recovery is the domestic tourism development which, in turn, requires some changes in the skilled personnel training. The research objectives are in conduct and analysis of the results of sociological survey among travel companies' representatives working directly with graduates in the city of Almaty. In the course of the sociological research, we have applied the methods of generalizations, analyses, statistical distributions, expert judgments and comparisons. The conducted analytical research has allowed for studying the opinions of those specialists practicing in the tourist business and, thereupon, for making some conclusions and providing certain recommendations on the education quality improvement in training personnel for the tourist industry.