Abstract
Research background: Coronavirus has hit universities on several levels, from interrupting teaching and returning students home and changing the form of teaching. Universities have switched to online teaching. The Universities in Prague and Prešov have agreed to use this situation to ascertain students’ views on the course of teaching during a pandemic and their opinions on the further development of tourism at home and in the world. Purpose of the article: The main purpose of the research was to examine the views of tourism students on current events in tourism from a global and local perspective and to compare the views of Czech and Slovak students. Methods: Both universities conducted an online questionnaire survey among tourism students. The questionnaire had two parts: students’ opinions on online teaching during the corona crisis and opinions on the further development of tourism in their countries and in the world after the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings & Value added: The results of the survey brought interesting findings. The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on students’ lives, for example, lost their work while studying, cancel trips at home and abroad, including studies at foreign universities. Despite that, most students see their future in tourism. Students expect an increase in domestic tourism this year, a decrease in outgoing and incoming. They expect this trend in the next few years as well. Opinions on the development of tourism in the world are in line with the opinion on the development of national tourism.
Highlights
The COVID-19 outbreak is a sharp reminder that pandemics, like other rarely occurring catastrophes, have happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future
The answers stated that half of the students think they learn less they spend more time on learning. 60 % of the students feel higher claims on technical providing online connection. 8 out of 10 students realise that online teaching place higher demands from the point of view of independent work
The accomplished research of the studentsopinions on online teaching and perspectives of their work in tourism emerge the fact that 50 % of the students lost their jobs, which they were doing in addition to their studies
Summary
The COVID-19 outbreak is a sharp reminder that pandemics, like other rarely occurring catastrophes, have happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future. According to UNWTO the introduction of travel restrictions led to a fall in international tourist arrivals: 55 % decline in March, and 97% in April 2020 [7] This decline would put 100 to 120 million direct tourism jobs at risk [8]. Students across the higher education sector have been dramatically impacted from travel restrictions to social distancing, isolation measures, quarantines, campus closures, loss of additional earnings and border closures [13]. The students of tourism at University of Economics in Prague and University of Prešov in Prešov have experienced multiple effect of COVID-19 restrictions. Travel restriction all over the world effected personal and study plans of many students studying tourism. The research included finding out the students views on the perspective of tourism because tourism is experiencing a bad crisis at present This fact can the studentsdecision in planning their future career
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