Differences in the training of professional tourism skills in a public university.

Abstract

The general objective is to analyze the existence of significant differences between the students of the first and last semesters, based on managerial, digital, and entrepreneurial skills. It is a quantitative research of cross-sectional design. 876 students who are studying a bachelor’s degree in Tourism from a Public University of the State of Mexico participated. The instrument measures managerial, digital, and entrepreneurial skills in university students (=.97). The skills between students of the first and last semesters were contrasted with the Mann-Whitney U test, identifying that in two locations, the students show development in managerial, digital, and entrepreneurial skills; in the other venues there are no major changes. Digital skills are the least developed in all participating locations.