Developing Graduate Competency Model for Bachelors of Tourism

The implementation of competency-based approach in higher professional education requires specifying learning outcomes in the form of a graduate competency model. The article presents the results of research aimed at developing a competency model for Bachelors of Tourism, profile "Tour Operators and Travel Agency Technologies" in the Udmurt State University (Russia, Izhevsk). The competency model is worked out in accordance with the methodology of competency-based approach, the requirements of the RF federal state educational standard of higher professional education, the EU educational documents, the results of the TUNING international project ("Tuning of Educational Structures in Europe"), and the essential characteristics of the tourism sector. The model is unique because it takes into account the views of key groups of respondents: representatives of professional and academic community and students. The model meets the pan-European trends in vocational education and the requirements of the regional labor market in the field of tourism. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.