Abstract
There is growing interest in the study of tourism education with the spread of tourism education. The greatest concern in the study of tourism education is both the organization of the curriculum which is determined by the policy of tourism and social situation and the relation to the tourism industries. Although this kind of perspective is important, it is also necessary to focus on the practical side of education and we need to understand the current situation of classes.
This has already been recognized to be important in pedagogy and educational methods. It is, therefore, important to develop more effective methods of teaching in tourism education.
At first, this study shows actual conditions of tourism education at university. Many classes which are taught with textbooks and documentation can be found. Few lecturers teach tourism with audiovisual materials, and let students think and work with such materials.
Secondly, the educational program based on each students' knowledge through their tourism experience is shown, which has been done by author. What is most important for students is not only to acquire explicit knowledge but also to feel the reality of tourism applying their tourism experience, and thereby become experientially enhanced by the process.
Finally, more examples which were held by a number of lecturers are shown.
Accumulating more study results on actual condtions of tourism education will provide improvement and development for tourism education.
