The annual report of the CYD Foundation warns of a decrease in registrations, something to take into account in primarily tourist destinations such as the Canary Islands
There is concern in the university and hospitality spheres about the decrease in enrollment in a degree program as widespread throughout the Spanish territory as the Degree in Tourism. A decline that various professionals in the tourism and educational sector attribute to the obsolescence of the study programs offered in Spanish public universities; something common in many sectors but that stands out in tourism due to the modernization and automation of many processes that have been experienced in recent years.
The technicians of the Knowledge and Development Foundation point out a decrease of 20 points at the state level in Tourism and Hospitality in the last five years, assuming a decrease of 25% in those enrolled since the 2016/2017 academic year. In addition to the demands for a renewal of the study plans that make them adapt to the current needs of the sector, there are recommendations to adapt a dual training model as is already done in many European countries.
These data are reflected in Gran Canaria, where the Tourism Degree in its in-person version, offered at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, has suffered a notable decrease in its enrollment over the years, going from 729 in the 2013 academic year. /2014 to 563 in 2019/2020, the last year for which there are records.
Taking into account the weight of the tourism sector in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, with San Bartolomé de Tirajana as the island's economic engine, these data must be taken into account since they may compromise the logical generational change that must occur in a sector. that every day has new tools and strategies.
