Formação de Guias de Turismo Nacional e Internacional: uma Proposta de Curso a Distância

Abstract

Nowadays, great social changes are experienced, in the field workplace, in order to provide education and in the segment of tourism, which presents a growing economic performance in the world, with indicators of employability and of ingress in national and international markets significant. In contrast, show themselves a lot of lack in the area of tourism, both of qualified professionals to serve as the courses that will meet the needs of people already active in the area and also for people interested in working in the segment of tourism, whether for financial reasons, whether for reasons of availability of time to professionalize, attending a common classroom – being present every day. Allied to this information, it has been a search to look like this demand identified for qualification is answered by the MEC and the Secretaries of Education, with focus in the Central West region. The result proved a restricted supply of courses in the area of tourism, especially in technical level. Thus, this work demonstrates the technical and economic feasibility of the implementation of the project the course of the Tour Guide National and International, in the modality of distance, indicating that a proposal be quite innovative, compatible with the identified demands of the market and opening, consequently, a new moment in the segment of tourism and in the education on the national scene.