On May 2019, 5, the Japan Tourism Agency announced "Examples of Advanced Practical Classes for Securing and Developing Practical Human Resources in the Tourism Industry through Industry-Academia Collaboration", East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Chiba Branch and Josai International University Tourism The initiative of "Hiking from the station", a joint project of undergraduate students, was taken up.
What was taken up was a practical class in the Department of Tourism, Faculty of Tourism, Josai International University, in collaboration with JR East's existing project "Hiking from the Station".Students experienced all the processes from creating a hiking course from Awa-Kominato Station to requesting cooperation from local tourism-related facilities, managing the day, and guiding the locals. Taking advantage of the strengths of the "Faculty of Tourism in Tourist Destinations", many students can build relationships with partners, local governments, and tourists over a long period of time, and because they are involved in the entire process, it makes it easier for students to think about their career paths. It is a feature of the class.
The Tourism Human Resources Policy Office of the Tourism Industry Division of the Japan Tourism Agency focuses on "practical tourism human resources in the region that can be used immediately" and investigates practical classes of advanced industry-academia collaboration by companies and universities.We collected examples of activities that have produced results such as information dissemination, product planning, and event holding through bidirectional cooperation between companies and local governments and students, and presented 20 cases from 21 universities.
