伴随着我国经济的快速发展和人民生活水平的提高,我国旅游业正面临着前所未有的机遇,随之而来的是旅游业人才缺口与日俱增。每年高职院校都在培训大量的旅游业专业人才,可在如此巨大缺口的情况下毕业生依然遭遇就业难,甚至毕业即离开旅游行业从事其他行业的情况。如次鲜明的对比引起了笔者反思。笔者依据材料收集、对毕业生和用人单位进行访谈和发放调查问卷的方式,发现教育投入成本与行业收益之间的矛盾,高职院校教育的局限性与旅游行业人才高标准的矛盾,以及毕业生期待值与行业期待值之间的矛盾。针对这些问题,笔者提出培养学生终身学习意识,搭建学生与企业之间的平台以及加强职业规划和职业道德教育的观点,从而进一步改善高职院校旅游专业毕业生就业状况。 With the rapid economic development in our country and the improvement of people’s living standards, China’s tourism industry is facing unprecedented opportunities, with the consequent increase in tourism talent gap. Every year, vocational colleges and universities are training a large number of tourism professionals. In the case of such a huge gap, graduates still encounter employment difficulties and even leave the tourism industry to engage in other industries when they graduate. The sharp contrast caused the author to reflect. Based on the material collection, interviews with graduates and employers and questionnaires, the author finds the contradiction between the cost of investment in education and the profits of the industry, the contradiction between the limitations of higher vocational education and the high standards of professionals in the tourism industry, and Contradictions between graduates’ expectations and industry expectations. In response to these problems, the author puts forward some suggestions on how to cultivate students’ awareness of lifelong learning, build a platform between students and enterprises, and strengthen the education of career planning and professional ethics so as to further improve the employment status of tourism graduates in higher vocational colleges.