К вопросу о подготовке кадров туристской индустрии в региональных вузах

Abstract

The issue of training in the tourism sector is one of the most priorities. Today tourism is the most promising, rapidly
 developing social, cultural, and leisure activities. The article describes tourist activities from the point of view of its
 staffing. The main purpose is to identify the peculiarities of professional education in the field of tourism, to define
 a circle of competences, which a specialist in this field should have. The specificity of the regions of our country
 requires more attention to the development of skills in the sphere of tourism. System of professional education in the
 sphere of tourism should be comprehensive, i. e. it should foresee professional integration of theory and practice,
 formation and correction of professional values, motivation, and quality and virtues of personality. Tourism development
 is one of the promising directions of optimization of cultural and social-economic growth of life of population
 of regions. The experience of the Olympic and Paralympics games in Sochi in 2014 shows that the organization
 of international sports events allows to implement projects and programs for the optimization and development of
 tourist potential. In this regard, most of the educational institutions of regions and cities aim at training highly
 qualified personnel not only in tourism, but also in related fields. Modern trends in the tourism sector must respond
 to prevailing needs, the education and training of specialists in the sphere of tourism. Training should be tailored to
 actual customers of present and future tourist market. Thus, the article aims to examine the specifics of formation
 of professional competencies of personnel of tourism sector, which are necessary for the future development of the
 tourism industry of our country and its separate regions.