Academic Communication for Post-Graduate Students

Running head: ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION
Academic Communication for Post-Graduate Students
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Changes in the thinking pattern of the human beings, the changing requirements of the
present day world and other factors as well has brought about a drastic change within the
framework of the modern day world including the world of business (Mason, 2015). More
importantly, the business world of the present times is in stark contrast to the business world
of the earlier times (Jarvis, Stoeckl & Liu, 2016). Furthermore, it is generally seen that the
university or the college is not enough for the students to sustain themselves in the ever
competitive world and there is a gulf between the things that are being taught to the students
in the educational institutions and their actual real life practice in the professional world
(Moore & Morton, 2017). It is a reflection of this particular fact that the students of the
present times in addition to having a concrete knowledge about the core concepts of the field
in which they are specialize are at the same time required to possess various kinds of
additional skills that are likely to help them not only sustain themselves in the competitive
business world but at the same time gain a certain degree of competitive advantage over other
individuals vying to get the same kind of job (Clarke, 2017). This essay will discuss about the
social changes that have taken place in the tourism industry in the recent times and how the
postgraduate students can prepare themselves in the best possible so that they are being able
to fully exploit the opportunity presented by this change in the concerned industry.
Tourism is one of the highest revenue industries of the world and the best part about
the tourism industry is the fact that inspite of the economic recession that the world faced a
while ago and from which the majority of the industries of the world are still reeling at the
current moment, it has very little impact on the tourism industry (De Grosbois, 2016). Thus,
it is generally seen that the various nations of the world are taking the help of various kinds of
tourism policy as well as processes not only to boost the tourism industry of their nation but
at the same time they are being used as economic drivers to improve the economy of the
concerned nation itself (Rasoolimanesh et al., 2015). However, it is significant to note that

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the tourism industry in the recent times has undergone a significant amount of change on the
score of the changing social status quo of the world (Hudson et al., 2015). The social factors
wield a significant amount of influence on the tourism industry and thus within the changing
social habits of the people and also the times the tourism industry has undergone a significant
amount of transformation in the recent times (Hudson et al., 2015).
Tourism is an industry that requires a stable as well as sound political environment for
its working and at the same time to attract the tourists from the different parts of the world to
the concerned tourist destinations (Sinclair-Maragh, Gursoy & Vieregge, 2015). It is
generally seen that the tourists do not like to visit the nations that are having political turmoil
or conflict or for that matter any kind of instability whatsoever (Sinclair-Maragh, Gursoy &
Vieregge, 2015). It is a reflection of this particular that the famous tourist destination Greece
which was once visited by millions of tourists from the different parts of the world and
contributed a significant amount of capital towards the national economy of the nation has
lost its pseudo-monopoly in the tourism industry post the economic crisis that it faced a while
ago (Ying & Norman, 2017). Another significant factor that has affected the tourism industry
in the recent times in a significant manner is the process of urbanization that the world is
undergoing at the current moment (Ying & Norman, 2017). It is significant to note that the
majority of the nations of the present times are taking the help of the technological
advancements of the present times to reorganize their nation and the end result of this
undertaking is the fact that more than 91% land of the world currently belongs to the urban
category (Patterson, 2016). This can also be seen as a part of the infrastructural development
plan undertaken by the various nations of the world. It is significant to note that the prospects
of the tourism industry is directly related to the infrastructural developments of a particular
nation and thus the various nations of the world in order to enhance their tourism industry are