Some solutions to improve training quality of tourism human resources in training and educational institutions in Thai Nguyen province
ISSN: 1859-2171
TNU Journal of Science and Technology
199(06): 111 - 118
SOME SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE TRAINING QUALITY OF TOURISM
HUMAN RESOURCES IN TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
IN THAI NGUYEN PROVINCE
Hoang Thi Kim Khanh*, Bui Thi Thanh Van
Thai Nguyen College of Economics and Finance
ABSTRACT
The 4th Industrial Revolution has had a great impact on the sectors of economic, social and
cultural life, including tourism. The 4th Industrial Revolution will contribute to the diversification
of tourism products and increase the attractiveness of tourism. At the same time, it also gives out
the requirements to localities in the tourism development strategy to become a key economic
sector. In that context, Thai Nguyen province has also taken the initiative in making changes in the
field of tourism and training of human resources to meet the demand of Industrial Revolution 4.0.
Based on the results of the research on the human resources of tourism in Thai Nguyen, the
authors assessed the advantages as well as the shortcomings that need to be overcome, thereby
suggesting some solutions to improve the quality of training human resources in tourism,
supplying the tourism market with dynamic, creative, professional, skilled and decent human
resources and creating a decisive basis for the success of the tourism development target of Thai
Nguyen province in particular and of Vietnam in general.
Keywords: Human resources; tourism; training; quality; industrial revolution 4.0
Received: 25/5/2019; Revised: 12/6/2019; Approved: 14/6/2019
MỘT SỐ GIẢI PHÁP NÂNG CAO CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐÀO TẠO
NGUỒN NHÂN LỰC DU LỊCH TẠI CÁC CƠ SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO
TRÊN ĐỊA BÀN TỈNH THÁI NGUYÊN TRONG THỜI ĐẠI 4.0
Hoàng Thị Kim Khánh*, Bùi Thị Thanh Vân
Trường Cao đẳng Kinh tế - Tài chính Thái Nguyên
TÓM TẮT
Cuộc cách mạng công nghiệp lần thứ 4 (CMCN 4.0) đã ảnh hưởng rất lớn đến các ngành, lĩnh vực
của đời sống kinh tế, văn hóa xã hội, trong đó có lĩnh vực Du lịch. CMCN 4.0 sẽ góp phần làm đa
dạng hóa các sản phẩm du lịch, tăng thêm sức hấp dẫn của du lịch. Đồng thời, cũng đặt ra yêu cầu
đối với các địa phương trong chiến lược phát triển du lịch trở thành ngành kinh tế mũi nhọn. Trong
bối cảnh đó, tỉnh Thái Nguyên cũng đã chủ động có những thay đổi trong lĩnh vực du lịch và đào
tạo nguồn nhân lực để đáp ứng nhu cầu của CMCN 4.0.
Dựa trên kết quả nghiên cứu về thực trạng nguồn nhân lực du lịch tỉnh Thái Nguyên, nhóm tác giả
đánh giá những ưu điểm cũng như những hạn chế cần khắc phục, từ đó đề xuất một số giải pháp
góp phần nâng cao chất lượng đào tạo nguồn nhân lực, cung cấp cho thị trường nguồn nhân lực du
lịch năng động, sang tạo, chuyên nghiệp, có tay nghề cao, tạo cơ sở quyết định cho sự thành công
của mục tiêu phát triển ngành du lịch tỉnh Thái Nguyên nói riêng, và của Việt Nam nói chung.
Từ khóa: Nguồn nhân lực; du lịch; đào tạo; chất lượng; cách mạng công nghiệp 4.0
Ngày nhận bài: 25/5/2019; Ngày hoàn thiện: 12/6/2019; Ngày duyệt đăng: 14/6/2019
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1. Introduction
small islands on Nui Coc Lake (Dai Tu),
climb the mountain in Vo Nhai to conquer
Phuong Hoang cave, swim in cool fresh water
in Mo Ga stream; or go to Pho Yen to swim
on Suoi Lanh lake, watch corn fields and tea
fields. All of them create a beautiful picture
of Thai Nguyen tourism [1].
The 4th Industrial Revolution is growing
rapidly in the world and directly affecting
Vietnam. This revolution creates an
environment in which computers, automation,
and people work together in totally new ways.
The 4th Industrial Revolution gives us many
opportunities but also countless challenges.
Such opportunities and challenges are posed
to not only one or several sectors but also all
sectors, including tourism. The 4th Industrial
Revolution helps the tourism industry create
more attractive new tourism products,
stimulate growth and develop sustainable
tourism. Industrial application 4.0 will reduce
the cost of time, labor, production costs, and
reduce the cost of tourism services. To adapt
to the industrial revolution, it is required that
the human resources in the tourism industry
must ensure skills, professional qualification
and proficient use of intelligent tourism
management software and technology.It
means that the training institutions of human
resources in tourism must also have drastic
changes in the training curriculum and
application of new technologies and combine
training with businesses and society.
With the proper attention of the leaders of the
province and the state, that potential has
become more and more advantageous,
bringing Thai Nguyen tourism with
remarkable achievements reflected in the
increasing number of domestic and foreign
tourists coming to Thai Nguyen. In order to
further promote the advantages of tourism and
fulfill the goal of making tourism an
important economic sector, especially in the
context of the industrial revolution 4.0, one
factor to be considered is that workforce in
tourism and quality of training human
resources in tourism in Thai Nguyen
province. Human resources as well as the
training of human resources in tourism play
an important role in contributing to the
achievements of the tourism. At the same
time, they were also affected by the impacts
of the industrial revolution 4.0 in terms of
both advantages and difficulties. In fact,
human resources and the training of human
resources in tourism in Thai Nguyen province
have many advantages but there are also
limitations that need to have appropriate
solutions to improve the training quality of
human resources, provide the market with a
dynamic, creative, professional, highly skilled
tourism human resource, create a decisive
basis for the success of the tourism
development goal in Thai Nguyen province in
particular and in Vietnam in general.
Tourism is one of the economic sectors being
prioritized by the Party and the State to
become a key economic sector of the country.
Thai Nguyen is a province with many
potentials for tourism development with its
strengths in ecotourism and tourism in
historical landmarks. At present, Thai Nguyen
province has 810 historical and cultural relics
and scenic spots listed and protected
according to the provisions of the Cultural
Heritage Law, including 510 historical
monuments, 39 scenic monuments, 12
archeological relics, 16 architectural art
monuments and 233 religious relics. Typical
examples are the National Relics of DinhHoa
Safety Zone; Than Sa archaeological relic
(Vo Nhai); Duom Temple (Phu Luong); Hang
Pagoda (Dong Hy)... There are many
destinations which bring visitors interesting
experiences and are close to the nature.
Visitors can go on a boat trip to visit large and
2. Content
2.1. The role of training human resources in
tourism in tourism development in Thai
Nguyen province
Human resources for tourism are the subjects
participating in the process of tourism and
socio-economic development. The tourism
workforce is responsible for forecasting,
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creating, leading and guiding the community
to become creative forces of new tourism
values, not only the objects of exploitation
and enjoyment. These resources must be a
force not to help and guide people to
understand and apply science and technology
in working; keep abreast of practical life,
actively participate in hunger eradication and
poverty reduction, job creation, intellectual
and physical improvement for the people but
to in rich people, and gain a fair and
civilized society. In addition, tourism human
resources play a pioneering role in the
creation of tourism values of the
international labor division in the context of
increasingly deep and comprehensive
international integration. With such a role,
improving the quality of training tourism
staff is an urgent requirement.
contribution of the tourism workforce. The
potential of Thai Nguyen tourism is
undeniable, but without the contribution of
human resources in tourism, that potential
will not be able to promote and bring
achievements to the province. This is the team
that plays the driving force of the tourism
development process and is considered a
valuable asset, directly impacting the
competitiveness, business efficiency of the
business as well as the sustainable
development of the tourism. The higher the
quality of human resources is, the more
tourism will develop.
Therefore, to develop tourism, the first thing
to do is to develop human resources in both
quantity and quality. The requirement to
develop human resources in tourism is more
urgent than ever when the State now
advocates to develop tourism to become a key
economic sector in Resolution 08-NQ/TW
dated January 16, 2017 of the Politburo [3].
At the conference of reporting specific tasks
of developing tourism to become an important
economic sector which creates a driving force
for socio-economic development, Mr. Tran
Quoc To, Member of the Party Central
Executive Committee, the Provincial Party
secretary of Thai Nguyen province also
emphasized "Building key tourist destinations
and routes to attract domestic and
international tourists, concentrating on
developing tourism to become an important
economic sector". Thai Nguyen is determined
to promote tourism development, which
means promoting the quality of human
resources in tourism. Whether or not human
As a midland province in the northern
mountainous region, Thai Nguyen has
favorable natural conditions for tourism
development with many typical landscapes of
Viet Bac region, many revolutionary
historical relics, physical and intangible
cultural values of ethnic minorities in the
area. With that potential, Thai Nguyen
tourism is growing steadily. In 2018, Thai
Nguyen maintained a stable growth rate of
tourism to ensure its objectives. The total
number of tourists to Thai Nguyen is
2,506,481, an increase of 12.4% compared
with the same period last year, of which the
number of international tourists is 70,297, an
increase of 6% compared with the same
period last year, and tourists served in tourism
accommodation facilities reach 1,023 .435, an
increase of 8% compared with the same
period; the number of tourists to the tourist
attractions is 1,347,986, increased by 16%
compared with the same period; the number
of visitors that tour companies served is
135,060, increased by 22% compared with the
same period. Total revenue from tourism
enterprises reached 405 billion VND [2]. To
gain that achievement, there is a significant
resources
in
tourism
is
abundant,
professional, capable and creative depends on
training. Only staff with skills, experience,
ability, and creativity can meet the
requirements of the times. That capacity must
be based on basic education - training. That is
an opportunity, also a big challenge for
training institutions, from vocational training
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schools to colleges and universities across the
country in general and Thai Nguyen province
in particular. Through training programs at
educational institutions, learners will be able to
improve their professional knowledge and
skills so that they can fulfill their tasks at
different positions in travel businesses, hotels,
restaurants, management agencies on tourism...
and thereby forming a staff of tourism of high
quality meeting practical needs.
between countries. The industrial revolution
4.0 also requires enterprises to invest strongly
and apply advanced tourism technology,
especially information technology and
telecommunications in online tourism
business activities, strongly participate in
global value chain in tourism. Thai Nguyen
province has also actively made changes in
the tourism sector to meet the needs of the
industrial revolution 4.0. In 2018, VNPT of
Thai Nguyen was in collaboration with the
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of
Thus, training human resources plays a very
important role in the tourism development
strategy of Thai Nguyen province. In order to
achieve the goal of developing tourism into
an important economic sector, Thai Nguyen
needs to focus on improving the quality of
human resource training in its own human
resource training institutions.
Thai Nguyen province to organize
a
conference to introduce and sign the
Agreement on Cooperation to implement
"Smart Tourism in Thai Nguyen Province".
This is a component in Smart City, using
information and communication technology
to form a tourism ecosystem and create
mutual benefits and serve 3 objects that are
tourists, authorities and businesses. That is the
solution to create an effective and sustainable
development for Thai Nguyen tourism
according to the development trend of
technology 4.0. The industrial revolution 4.0
has changed the tourism and will certainly
affect human resources, requiring human
resources in the tourism to actively improve
foreign languages, skills and spiritual skills
associated with specific working groups and
different social interests. In order for human
resources to meet new requirements, the
training of human resources in tourism also
needs to be changed accordingly. The
industrial revolution 4.0 requires the training
of tourism human resources in Thai Nguyen
province in particular and the country in
general must renew the training program,
curriculum, increase the amount of practice in
enterprises; improve and update professional
qualifications and technology for teachers;
apply new technology in teaching theory and
practice; strengthen training for students with
soft skills, new technology application skills,
communication skills and foreign language
2.2. The effect of the industrial revolution
4.0 to the training human resources in
tourism in Thai Nguyen province
The industrial revolution 4.0 is the revolution of
smart production based on groundbreaking
achievements in the areas of artificial
intelligence, virtual reality, mobile network,
Internet of Things, cloud computing, automatic
machine... with the foundation of breakthroughs
in digital technology. Currently, The industrial
revolution 4.0 is in the inception phase and will
affect all socio-economic areas, opening up
many development opportunities because it is
not only directed at industry and digital
technology but it also brings outstanding
achievements of digital technology to all areas
including tourism and training of human
resources in tourism in Thai Nguyen province.
New technologies will make travel services
more responsive and flexible, information and
data are constantly and widely updated. The
industrial revolution 4.0 will contribute to
increasing the ability of cooperation in
developing tourism products, diversifying
tourism products, increasing the attractiveness
of tourism and increasing connectivity
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use in business activities; linking schools with
businesses, training according to the needs of
businesses and society.
has 04 establishments participating in training
human resources in tourism: University of
Economics and Business Administration,
University of Science, Thai Nguyen College
of Economics and Finance, Thai Nguyen
College of Trade and Tourism. Universities
and colleges have implemented many reforms
in the training program to meet the
requirements in the context of the industrial
revolution 4.0 to train human resources of
high quality for the province as well as for the
whole country. According to the official
dispatch No. 4929/ BGDĐT-GDĐH dated
October 20, 2017 of the Ministry of
Education and Training on the application of
a special mechanism for different training
areas in tourism, the universities and colleges
have also implemented the projects applying a
special mechanism for different training areas
in tourism industry. On that basis, they will
collaborate with businesses and tourism
associations to forecast labor demand,
connect recruitment, build output standards
and coordinate in student training. The
training program is built in the direction of
The industrial revolution 4.0 has brought Thai
Nguyen tourism many opportunities but also
many challenges. To meet the requirements of
the innovation in the technological age,
human resources in tourism also need to be
deeply and comprehensively innovated.
Therefore, the training of tourism human
resources cannot stand still, training must be
associated with social needs, and technology
application must be based on a practical basis
and extensive cooperation. Thus, this forms a
team of tourism manpower to operate the
smart tourism effectively.
3.3. Current situation of training human
resources in tourism in Thai Nguyen
province in the context of the industrial
revolution 4.0
Thai Nguyen has many potentials to develop
tourism into a key economic sector, because
in addition to the beautiful natural landscape,
there are also tourist spots bearing its own
cultural identity, including intangible cultural
heritage which are preserved and respected.
Like the tourism activities of the whole
country, Thai Nguyen tourism is facing the
opportunities and challenges set by the
industrial revolution 4.0. Over the years, Thai
Nguyen has achieved many achievements in
the field of tourism.
open
and inter-connected application
including core modules and elective modules.
Foreign language and soft skill training is
improved to enhance job opportunities for
students. Actual training time at the enterprise
must ensure 50% of the total training time and
be specified in the training program.
Universities and colleges are also promoting
comprehensive cooperation with tourism
associations, reputable companies and
businesses in Thai Nguyen province such as:
DONG A Hotel Group, Da Huong Hotel,
Hoang Mam restaurant - hotel, Sao Viet
Events and Tourism Limited company, Au
Lac International Tourism Joint Stock
Company... to use the facilities, equipment
and software of the enterprise to practice to
improve practical skills and practical
application of students.
Obviously, in order to have a tourism
workforce contributing positively to the
overall achievements of the tourism, the
training of human resources is an
indispensable factor, including training at
educational institutions and retraining work of
management agencies and enterprises. This is
also an advantage of Thai Nguyen province
because it is considered as the 3rd largest
human resource training center of the country
with 9 universities, 11 colleges and many
vocational schools. Currently, the province
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Table 1. Results of tourism activities in Thai Nguyen province in two years of 2017 and 2018
Difference
TT
Target
2017
2018
Absolute
number
276,781
4,000
Relative number
1
2
Total numbers of tourists
Number ofinterntional tourists
Total revenue of tourism
businesses (billion VND)
2,229,700
66,297
2,506,481
70,297
12.4%
6%
3
310
405
95
30.6%
Source: Thai Nguyen Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism [2]
In addition, Thai Nguyen tourism staff is also
interested in by the Association and
management agencies. Every year, Thai
Nguyen Tourism Association has cooperated
with functional agencies to organize training
and retraining courses of professional for the
workforce in the field of tourism, basically on
hotel reception, room service and tour guide.
teaching is increasing the interaction between
lecturers and students to stimulate students’
initiative and creativity. Therefore, the
improvement of the training method has not
been fully utilized. Even in many cases,
lecturers must go back to implement
traditional training methods, providing one-
way information to suit students.
In addition to the efforts of training
institutions for human resources in tourism of
Thai Nguyen province to best meet the
demand for human resources in tourism in the
context of the industrial revolution 4.0, the
training still has some shortcomings. Most
training institutions have been aware of and
determined in the right direction to change the
training program to meet new requirements,
but at the present time the universities and
colleges are mainly implementing but not
completed, which leads to certain limitations:
- Quality of teaching staff: Most of the
teaching staff at the training institutions were
graduated from the universities of culture,
society, business administration... therefore,
the in-depth knowledge of tourism is not
much, the level of foreign language and
information technology is not high enough to
apply the advancement of information
technology to teaching. In addition, the
lecturers are mainly those who are accepted to
teach right after graduation, so students’
actual knowledge in tourism businesses is not
good enough. This also makes the lecture not
really lively, attractive and unrealistic.
- In terms of the training program: Training
institutions in Thai Nguyen province in the
past years have actively changed the training
program towards reducing academic theory,
increasing practice but in fact students'
practice time in businesses is still too little
2.4. Solutions to improve the quality of
training human resources in tourism in Thai
Nguyen province in the context of industrial
revolution 4.0
and
students
lack
practical
access
The training of human resources in tourism in
Thai Nguyen province as well as across the
country has made positive changes but there
are also certain shortcomings. In order to
timely meet the demand of the workforce in
the tourism industry in the context of the
industrial revolution 4.0, Thai Nguyen
province needs to implement a number of
measures to improve the quality of training
human resources in tourism:
opportunities so after graduation, they lack
the necessary skills to work.
- Training methods: Training institutions have
constantly innovated methods, applied active
teaching methods. However, the quality of
students' input, especially the college and
university students’ input is very low,
students are not able to recognize and interact
with teachers while the core of active
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3. Conclusion
- In terms of the training program:
The 4th industrial revolution has influenced
greatly on the sectors and fields of economic,
cultural and social life, including tourism.
This revolution will contribute to diversify
+ Improve the curriculum of international
standards, in line with the VTOS standard
framework and the curriculum meets the
requirements of the society.
tourism
products
and
increase
the
+ Frequently consult with employers, even
tourists, to design training programs suitable
with reality.
attractiveness of tourism. At the same time,
this also sets up requirements for localities in
the strategy of tourism development to
become a key economic sector. In this
context, Thai Nguyen province has actively
taken changes in tourism and human
resources training to meet the needs of this
revolution. Through the research results on
the status of tourism human resources in Thai
Nguyen province, it can be seen that the
training of tourism human resources in
educational and training institutions still has
some problems about the training program,
training methods as well as the teaching staff
- In terms of training methods:
+ Increase the amount of practical time,
improve students' self-study ability.
+ Strengthening collaboration with tourism
businesses to create practical location for both
students and lecturers.
+ Improve the foreign language quality of
students. Every student after graduation must
have the certificate of International English
(IELTS, Toefl...). Encourage students to learn
a second foreign language (Chinese, Korean,
Japanese...)
quality. Writers propose
a
number of
solutions to complete the training program,
innovate training methods, improve teaching
staff quality in order to improve the quality of
training human resources for tourism, provide
the market dynamic, creative, professional
and highly skilled tourism human resources,
which creates a decisive basis for the success
of the tourism industry development goal in
Thai Nguyen province particularly and in
which Vietnam generally.
+ Regularly organize seminars, seminars with
leading experts in the field of tourism to help
students to understand clearly and update new
knowledge about the tourism industry.
+ Expanding and enhancing the activities of
clubs such as the reception club, tour guide
club, presentation club... to increase the
cohesion and dynamism of students.
+ Improving the input quality of students of
tourism, based on the following criteria:
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+ Training institutions need to regulate the
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enterprises.in the academic year of lecturers.
+ Strengthening international cooperation,
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