• Hina Hashmi
• Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Singh Rathore

The study of tourism is considered important due to the fact that it is a vital industry in the service sector. Despite the rapid growth in the provision of tourism higher education in the past 40 years, uncertainties remain about the content and nature of tourism degrees and how these are aligned with the needs of the tourism industry. Research has been done on tourism higher education curriculum design, industry- skills sets identification and through the researches a gap has been investigated between tourism academia and industry. This study aims to identify the reasons behind inability of education to fulfill the needs of industry and also suggest measure to bridge the gap between two .

Tourism Academia, industry, gap, curriculum, skills.

"BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TOURISM ACADEMIA AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN RAJASTHAN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.501-506, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905J74.pdf

"BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TOURISM ACADEMIA AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN RAJASTHAN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp501-506, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905J74.pdf