Demand and Supply Docking Mechanism of Language Service Talents for Foreign Tourism Industry of China

Abstract

Data of foreign tourism industry of China in recent years is analyzed and a demand-and-supply docking model is created based on a deep research of the contradictions between the supply and demand of language service talents in China’s foreign tourism industry. On the whole, the demand for language service talents is in urgent with the foreign tourism market’s high-speed expansion; the demand for multi-lingual language talents in the foreign tourism industry of China has been increasing, including the talents of Chinese itself as a foreign language; and the talents with combined skills of Language + Tourism + X or Tourism + Language + X are in short. In order to meet the demand of foreign tourism market of China for language service talents, the supply-and-demand mechanism should be firstly clarified and then integrate the following docking paths between the language talent’s supply and demand. Firstly, the government should offer its policy support and make an overall planning for the cultivation of language service talents; secondly, colleges and universities at different levels should be demand-oriented to strengthen the cultivation of different types of language service talents; thirdly, foreign tourism industry and its industrial enterprises should strengthen their own ability of language talent cultivation and also their ability of serving colleges and universities supplying language talents. It is necessary to establish a Cooperation Steering Committee of industry, universities and colleges, research centers, enterprise, and the government, so as to realize the seamless connection between the talent cultivation of colleges and universities and the talent demand of enterprises.