A comparative study of secondary school students to prefer tourism education at undergraduate level

IN RECENT YEARS, SİGNİFİCANT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNİTİES HAVE EMERGED DUE TO THE RAPİD DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY. THIS STUDY WAS PREPARE4D IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE EXPECTARTIONS OF THE FUTURE PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL BE EMPLOYED IN THE SECTOR. IN THE RESEARCH, SURVEY TECNIQUE WAS USED FROM THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN ORDER TO COLLECT DATA. WITHIN THIS SCOPE 420 QUESTIONNAIRES WERE COLLECTED WITH THREE DIFFERENT ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND THREE DIFFERENT VOCATIONAL AND TECNICAL ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ISTANBUL AND THE ANSWERS OF THE STUDENTS OF BOTH HIGH SCHOOL TYPES WERE COMPARED. ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF STUDY. AS A RESULT OF THE RESEARCH , THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS FOR STUDENTS TO BE EDUCATED IN TOURISM AND TO BE A PROFESSION ARE AS FOLLOWS: ''I WANT TO BE TOGETHER WITH HAPPY PEOPLE'', ''I WANT TO KNOW DIFFERENT CULTURES AND PEOPLE'' AND ''I LIKE TO BE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH PEOPLE''.