Cambodia’s students to get schooled in tourism
Young Cambodians will now learn about tourism in grades 11 and 12, according to the new curriculum for public education that was launched yesterday. The development is aimed at enhancing quality in the tourism sector, officials said during a press conference. The new curriculum covers the tourism industry, service providers and tourism sites, according to the guidelines from the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. Students will receive 76 hours of lessons in tourism per year. … Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said that about 400,000 direct employees work in the tourism sector and, by 2020, when Cambodia expects to receive seven million tourists annually, the industry will need 800,000 staff. … “They can direct their option toward tourism after finishing high school because we need a lot of [labourers] in tourism. We need to train about 50,000 new people to serve tourists each year.” …
