Developing People in Tourism

DEVELOPING PEOPLE IN
TOURISM

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Development of people in the tourism industry is a very comprehensive topic that covers the
different strategist that can be adopted in order to make people skilled as well reflective (Ezzat,
2017). In this report, a reflective account will be prepared on the skills that are required to be
developed necessarily in the tourism sector and the overall experience that took place while
understanding what the skills are required in tourism sector. Lastly, a conclusion will also be
presented in the report prepared.
MAIN BODY
Reflection
The activity of reflection is critical in ascertaining the major learning that I was able to
develop form the entire experience which I went through. This is critical in identifying the
positive and negative aspects related to the entire experience and can also help me in identifying
what was the major learning that I have developed by engaging in this experience. For this
purpose, I can use the Gibbs reflective model that will help me in analysing my entire experience
in a systematic manner where I will be able to critically segregate the negative experience from
the positive ones and make proper conclusion and action plan for future reference as well (Gibbs
and Slevitch, 2019). There are six major stages in the Gibbs reflective cycle and this can be done
in following manner:
Description: I the first stage I am expected to detail the actual description of the experience on
which I have to reflect. Here I will illustrate the details of what the experience was, when did it
happen, what did I do etc. and reflect only on the description of all the things that I did
(Mössenlechner, 2017). I can effectively state that I recently undertook the skill development
workshop that are necessarily required in an individual they illustrated that if an individual wants
to establish a career in the tourism sector there are some basic skills that every individual must
have. I learnt about a variety of skills that I didn’t have as an individual and since I have to
develop a career in the tourism industry only this was very revealing for me. I realized that there
are much more talented people around me who have immense knowledge and skills in this field
and I am comparatively much naïve and untalented. I left the workshop feeling that there are a
huge number of skills that I have not really developed and I will have to work much harder in
order to establish myself successfully here in this industry.
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