The Intention for Further Education and the Employment Aspiration of the College Graduating Students of Tourism Program in a Variety of Educational Systems in Taiwan

This is a difficult decision-marking time, often filled with doubt as to what goals or ambitions should be pursued. Coming face to face with the problem of pursuing further education or getting a job is a challenging task.

Tourism industry is very fragmented and each sector has many job opportunities. In order to help them to equip themselves, it is worthy of study to gather information and determine factors that influence tourism-major students in making career decisions. This study was to analyze the intention for further education and the employment aspiration of the graduating students of tourism program in five-year junior colleges, two-year colleges, post-two-year technological colleges, and universities in Taiwan.