• Subhashish Mishra

Education plays an integral role in shaping the mind of students towards choosing the career path in their respective field of interest, however to choose the right course is not easy as various factors determine the decision to choose the graduate level course. Tourism education has its own uniqueness which attracts the students to pursue hospitality & tourism course. This study identifies the various factors that influence the students for studying the hospitality & tourism bachelor degree course. This study based on primary data collected from 150 students of three institutions. Literature was reviewed for this study, which reveals various factors that influences the students for studying the tourism bachelor degree course. The significance of various factors in choosing the course reviewed from literature like personal factors, field attractiveness, ease of study, job opportunities, family background, entrepreneurial opportunities, and admission score/criteria and so on were considered.

Hospitality & Tourism education, under graduate students, Course selection, Study factors, Retention

"A Study to Determine the Various Factors that Influence Students to Enroll in Undergraduate Hospitality and Tourism Programs ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 6, page no.706-711, June-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701D54.pdf

"A Study to Determine the Various Factors that Influence Students to Enroll in Undergraduate Hospitality and Tourism Programs ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 6, page no. pp706-711, June-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701D54.pdf