PolyU nyanzvi inozivikanwa nemipiro yakakosha pakugamuchira vaenzi uye dzidzo yekushanya nekutsvaga

Muzvinafundo Bob McKercher, Muzvinafundo weChikoro cheHotera uye Tourism Management (SHTM) paThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), achangobva kupinzwa muInternational Academy yeChidzidzo cheKushanya (IAST). Muzvinafundo McKercher akagadzwa zvakare seMubatsiri neKanzuru yeAustralia University Tourism uye Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) muna 2008 uye akapinzwa zviri pamutemo pamusangano weCAUTHE wakaitirwa muPerth muna Ndira 2009.

Iyo International Academy yeChidzidzo cheKushanya isangano repasi rose rakagadzirwa kuti riwedzere dzidziso uye tsvakiridzo inoshanda mumunda wekushanya. Nhengo yeIAST inogumira kune makumi manomwe neshanu-vakabudirira kwazvo vaongorori vekushanya kubva pasirese. Kuwana nhengo muIAST kunoda kudomwa kubva kuMumwe wazvino, mharidzo yebasa rekutsvagisa reanodomwa pamusangano weIAST, uye vhoti inokwana zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zveFellows. Muzvinafundo McKercher akapa basa rake pamusangano wekusvitsa makore makumi maviri eIAST, “Muono we75-20 weKutsvaga Kwekushanya: Migwagwa Yakafambiswa, Zvikomo Zvichiri Kukwira,” wakaitirwa muMallorca, Spain muna Chikumi 20.

Muzvinafundo McKercher anobatana nevamwe vaanoshanda navo veSHTM Purofesa Kaye Chon, Muzvinafundo Haiyan Song, Muzvinafundo Cathy Hsu, uye Muzvinafundo Stephen Witt muAcademy. SHTM inodada kuve nenhamba huru yenhengo dze Academy mune chero yunivhesiti pasi rose.

Kanzuru yeAustralia University Tourism uye Hospitality Dzidzo (CAUTHE) inomiririra zvinofarirwa nevapeji veyunivhesiti yekushanya uye dzidzo yekugamuchira vaeni, kusanganisira kudzidzisa, kudzidza, kudzidza, nekutsvaga. Nhengo dzayo dzinosanganisira mayunivhesiti ese eAustralia, ayo anodzidzisa uye / kana kutsvagisa mukushanya uye kugamuchira vaeni. CAUTHE yakatanga chirongwa cheFellows muna 2008 kuti vaone kuzvipira kusingagumi kwakaitwa nevamwe vanhu kuAustralia kugamuchira vaenzi uye dzidzo yekushanya uye tsvagiridzo. Muzvinafundo McKercher akagadzwa semumwe weboka rekutanga reFellows, uye ndiye ega Shamwari parizvino isiri muAustralia.

Muzvinafundo Kaye Chon, director weSHTM uye sachigaro Purofesa, akati: “Tinodada nekubudirira kwaProfessor McKercher. Kukudzwa kuviri kwakapihwa Purofesa McKercher kunoratidza zvakare kuti ari kucherechedzwa zvakare semumwe wenyanzvi dzepamusoro pasi rose nekuda kwekubatsira kukuru kwaanoita mukugamuchira vaeni pasi rose uye dzidzo yekushanya netsvagiridzo. Simba guru reSHTM ndiro chiyero chayo chepasi rose uye inodada nenhengo dzayo dzinozivikanwa pasi rose.

Muzvinafundo McKercher ane zvakawanda zvakasiyana-siyana zvekutsvaga. Akadhinda pamusoro pemapepa ezvidzidzo zve190 uye mishumo yetsvakiridzo pamusoro pekushanya kwetsika, kushanya kwetsika nemagariro, kushanya kwakavakirwa pazvisikwa, kusimudzira kushanya kwematunhu, kushambadzira kushanya, uye nyaya dzedzidzo yekushanya. Ndiye munyori weBusiness of Nature-based Tourism (1988) uye akanyora pamwe neCultural Tourism: The Partnership pakati peTourism uye Cultural Heritage Management (2002). Akabatanidzawo mamwe mabhuku maviri. Muzvinafundo McKercher inhengo yebhodhi rekupepeta remagazini gumi nemana ezvekushanyirwa kwenyika.

Muzvinafundo McKercher anga ari mudzidzi wekushanya kubva 1990, achishanda muAustralia neHong Kong. Izvi zvisati zvaitika, akashanda muCanada indasitiri yekushanya mune akasiyana siyana ekumiririra uye mabasa ekushanda. Muzvinafundo McKercher akabatana nePolyU muna 1998.

PolyU's Chikoro cheHotera uye Tourism Management ndiyo inotungamira inopa mupi wekugamuchira vaeni dzidzo muAsia-Pacific Dunhu. Inotariswa kwete. 4 pakati pezvakanakisa epasi rose hotera uye zvikoro zvekushanya zvakavakirwa pakutsvagisa uye kudzidza, maererano nechidzidzo chakaburitswa muRondedzero Yekugamuchira Vaeni neKushanya mu2005.

Nevashandi vezvidzidzo makumi matanhatu vanodhirowa kubva kunyika gumi nesere, xchool inopa zvirongwa pamatanho anotangira kubva kuPhD kuenda kuPamusoro Diploma. Yakapihwa 60 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Institutional Achievement Award mucherechedzo wekubatsira kwayo kwakakosha padzidzo yekushanya uye ndiyo yega nzvimbo yekudzidzisa muEducation and Training Network muAsia inozivikanwa neUnited Nations World Tourism Organisation.