'Tourism Strategy Meeting' 4th Forum... Discussion on Resolving Workforce Shortage in Tourism Industry

Discussion on Solutions to Industry Workforce Shortage and Rational Innovation Measures

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 12th that it will hold the 4th discussion meeting of the special task force (TF) supporting the '8th National Tourism Strategy Meeting,' chaired by Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is presiding over the 7th National Tourism Strategy Meeting held on the 12th at High Ground in Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Earlier, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched the special task force in July to prepare for the 8th National Tourism Strategy Meeting.

Since then, three discussion meetings have been held to explore various topics such as △the role of tourism in responding to regional extinction △the expansion of tourism including sports tourism △strategies to attract foreign tourists.

In the final 4th discussion meeting, measures to resolve the labor shortage faced by tourism companies such as hotels and to rationally innovate systems in the tourism industry sector will be discussed.

First, the Tourism and Leisure Industry Human Resources Development Committee will present changes in job demand and labor supply measures in the tourism industry due to environmental changes such as COVID-19 and digital transformation. Kim Sang-hee, HR Manager of Andaz Hotel, will share on-site cases from the hotel industry and suggest solutions to the labor shortage. Park Ju-young, Head of the Tourism Industry Research Division at the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, will present 'Legal and Institutional Improvement Plans for the Development of the Tourism Industry.'

During the discussion, institutional innovation plans to broaden the horizons and foundation of the tourism industry in response to changing environments such as technological advancements will be discussed. Park Ju-young from the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute will present ‘Legal and Institutional Improvement Plans for the Development of the Tourism Industry,’ followed by discussions among experts from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s MZ Dreamers, academia, and industry.

Through this, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to review ways to improve unreasonable regulations that do not fit the actual field and to enhance systems so that the public can feel the benefits more directly.

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