New Approaches in Managing Tourism Higher Education to Produce The Graduates with The Competitiveness in the Era of ASEAN Economic Community

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10.2991/atf-16.2016.60How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ASEAN Economic Community, Tourism, Higher Education, Managing Higher Education, Competitiveness

Abstract

Facing the uncertainty of the changes taking place on the application of Asea Economic Community (EAC) at the end of December 2015, this paper discusses what EAC impact on higher education institutions, particularly the higher education institutions of tourism in Indonesia. What strategy should be done in the management of higher education institutions of tourism to be able to produce graduates who excel and have competitiveness in the face of competition occurs not only at the national and regional level, but also at the global level. Over the past two decades, higher education institutions in Indonesia, especially in tourism higher education institutions face many environmental changes that are increasingly rapid and significant impact on the institution. The changes are both from macro and micro environment. Enforcement of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is one of the Asean regional policy that will inevitably bring changes and impact on the member countries of ASEAN, including Indonesia, particularly on the management of educational institutions. Achievement of ASEAN economic integration through the AEC, based on the AEC Blueprint that includes four key pillars: (1) single market and productivity base, (2). Competitive Economic Region, (3). Equitable Economic Development and (4). Integration into the Global Economy. Brought to the four pillars requires Indonesia to be ready to make changes, especially in the strategy of improving the quality of human resources. In the blueprint, also designated 12 priority sectors to be integrated. Seven are goods sector and the other five are the services sector including the tourism sector. This paper analyzes the changes that occur as a result of the implementation of the AEC on the tourism sector, especially in the higher education institutions of tourism. Further identified various new, more strategic approach in order to be able to produce human resources that have advantages and competitiveness to face the opportunities and challenges

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ahmad Abas
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BT  - Proceedings of the Asia Tourism Forum 2016 - the 12th Biennial Conference of Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Asia
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