Perception Of Tourism Tvet Students Towards Future Employment Opportunities In The Tourism Sector Of Ethiopia The Case Of Catering And Tourism Training Institute (ctti)

The tourism sector has been challenged with the problem of attracting and retaining qualityrnemployees globally. It is essential to understand the perceptions of tourism employment if today'srnstudents are to become the effective practitioners of tomorrow. This thesis examines final yearrnTVET students’ perception towards the future job in the tourism sector in the context of Cateringrnand Tourism Training Institute (CTTI). The study employs theoretical model of Kusluvan andrnKusluvan’s (2000) on perception to assess Ethiopian students’ future career opportunities in therntourism sector. The main aim of the study is to assess the perception of students towards workingrnin the tourism industry. Data were collected through survey questionnaire. About 169rnquestionnaires were distributed to final year Catering and Tourism students of CTTI. The datarnwere analyzed using SPSS 16.0 version. Descriptive analyses; mean and standard deviation werernemployed to measure respondents’ perception towards future job and commitment towardsrnworking in the tourism industry. Independent sample t-test and Anova were used to testrnstatistically whether significant differences or correlation occur between the respondents’rnperception and incidents variables (region and department). According to this study Cateringrnand Tourism Training Institute (CTTI) students’ perceptions of tourism career were generallyrnpositive and the students have currently strong commitment towards working in the tourismrnindustry

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