A Study of Hospitality Internship in Gokarna Forest Resort, Nepal

Authors

  • Ramesh Raj Kunwar
  • Sarswati Khatri-Thapa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jthe.v6i0.14769

Keywords:

hospitality, internship, cultural competence, knowledge exposure, emotional labor

Abstract

Hospitality and Tourism industry and internship are crucial to each other and for this reason, the industry as well as the prospective intern should be fully aware about the internship and its various aspects. To make the internship more effective it should be studied from the perspective of prospective interns and the employer. Because of the lack of adequate understanding the interns as well as the employers are facing the difficulties when the internship starts. This article tries to present an internship from various perspectives as well as portray an intern’s change of understanding about the internship before and after the involvement in the field. This portray mainly focus on the concept of internship, knowledge before, during and after internship, learning experience, difference between theoretical and real life world with some suggestions for the following generations.

Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education (Vol. 6), 2016, Page: 95-126

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Author Biographies

Ramesh Raj Kunwar

Prof. Dr. Ramesh Raj Kunwar is the author of seven books on tourism and anthropology. He is tourism educationist and anthropologist by profession. He is the former Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He is also the former Dean of (then) Royal Nepalese Military Academy. Currently, he is teaching at the Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies (DCPDS), T.U.

Sarswati Khatri-Thapa

Sarswati Khatri-Thapa completed Bachelor Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Nepal College of Management affiliated to Kathmandu University

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Published

2016-05-10

How to Cite

Kunwar, R. R., & Khatri-Thapa, S. (2016). A Study of Hospitality Internship in Gokarna Forest Resort, Nepal. Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education, 6, 95–126. https://doi.org/10.3126/jthe.v6i0.14769

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Vol. 6 (2016)

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