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University Diploma
This year Spain will receive
more than 60 million tourists, and an equally significant
number of Spaniards will likewise travel abroad.
Serving, developing, managing and directing this
steadily growing industry are those professionals
who are able to guarantee quality in the tourism
sector. The Tourism graduate enters a dynamic and
flourishing profession with opportunities to travel
and to explore new countries and cultures.
The tourist industry is
changing and evolving due to the opening of European
borders and the emergence of new markets in the
countries of Eastern Europe and Asia. A globalisation
of the market is taking place, which runs parallel
to the development of multi-national corporations
and joint-ventures throughout the sector.
The tourists of today
are better-informed, more experienced, and therefore
more demanding than ever before. They search out
the highest quality possible along with the services
which have been tailored to their need. Providing
both of these elements requires a profound knowledge
of a variety of countries and national customs.
Given the obvious tendency
toward growth in the tourist industry, there is
a need for international directors capable of acting
competitively, of running the growing number of
tourist facilities, and of working in a multi-cultural
environment.
The Tourism programme at
CENP has as its goal a thorough training in management
techniques, tourism studies and foreign language
skills, all aimed at the preparation of the future
tourism professional. Special emphasis is given
to client needs, national as well as international,
and the use of the latest information and communication
tools plays an integral part in this programme of
studies. The student is thus trained to be immediately
employable and well-equipped for a rapid advancement
in his or her future career.
In 1957, CENP founded
the first School of Tourism in Spain and since then
has been unceasingly providing training for the
tourism industry. It is, at the same time, a founding
member of the World Association for Professional
Training in Tourism (WAPTT). This world-wide association
advises and collaborates with its member schools
in the various facets which tourism teaching has
assumed internationally. |
