Contributions for a state of affairs about pertinence in tourism professional training

Abstract

There is a considerable body of work about pertinence in higher education. However, the amount of studies about pertinence in the field of training for tourism professionals in Mexico is small. The purpose of this article is to present contributions to the state of affairs about pertinence in tourism professional training during the period 2000-2015, through the analysis of published indexed articles. The first step is a description of the methodological procedure; the second is a tour on the interpretations of the term relevance in higher education; the third is the result of a documentary research on the position of academics about pertinence in the training of professionals in tourism, and the last section presents the conclusions and future lines of research. Among the most relevant results we can point out the constant concern for the university-society relationship and the existing tensions between the training of professionals in tourism and the world of work.