Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism· 2026Q2
Reflecting on 25 years of Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism
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Despite 25 years of the Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism and industry recovery post-pandemic, key graduate recruitment and retention issues identified in a seminal 2008 paper persist, including poor retention, unstructured experiences, low pay, and graduate anxiety.
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Key points
- Key graduate recruitment and retention issues in tourism and hospitality persist 18 years after a seminal 2008 paper.
- These enduring challenges include poor retention rates, unstructured work experiences, low pay, and poor working conditions.
- Graduate anxiety is also highlighted as a continuing concern for tourism and hospitality program graduates.
- Despite industry recovery from the 2020 pandemic, these core issues remain unaddressed.
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Abstract
This article celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism (JTTT), by reflecting on the authors seminal 2008 paper which remains the most cited article in the journal’s 25th year history. The article reflects on the 18 years since this paper was written, identifying if the industry has changed in the past two decades. Whilst steps have been made to encourage graduates to join the industry and reduce attrition rates for new graduates, the industry is still facing major challenges in recruiting and retaining graduates with tourism and hospitality qualifications. Despite the industry recovering from the 2020 pandemic to again reach new heights of tourism participation globally, recent literature highlights that the key findings of the 2008 article, including poor retention rates, unstructured work experiences, low pay and poor working conditions, and graduate anxiety, remain concerns for today’s graduates of tourism and hospitality programmes.
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