The Hospitality and Tourism Industry is a major export earner, contributing to a healthy balance of payments purse of many countries.
Travel generally is transglobal and exchange of markets knows few boundaries.
For this reason, in whatever segment of the industry one is employed, a broad international knowledge and understanding is required. Competition in tourism is not local or provincial, but is global and diverse. Global connections and alliances will prove valuable for successful growth in the future. In a changing world within the fastest growing industry worldwide, it is essential for both parties to constantly interrelate. If the evolving needs of the industry are to be met for the next generations, colleges and academic institutions must be well geared to providing suitably qualified young people to be heads of industry of the future.