Enhancing Tourism Education in Bulgarian Universities

The quality of tourism education and the efforts to continuously improve it are of critical and strategic importance for the development of the sector in any country.This is even more important and applies with full force to Bulgaria, as tourism represents a significant part of our gross domestic product and we are dependent on high-quality tourism services in order to establish high end positionin the market of high-income visitors.Thearticle addresses two important aspects of tourism education: tourism sector and its education environment in Bulgaria andidentify the main factors potentially influencing this sector. Research methods are based on analysisofcontemporary literary sourcesand review of theBulgarian tourism educationandthe modern tourism curricula offered by other universities. They have been studiedinnovative and efficient educational methods used by other tourism university programs, which could contribute to more integrated investment and efficient use of existing resources.Thisarticle proposes potential strategies for enhancing university programs in tourism education. Some of the efficient modern educational methods serve as examples of innovative teaching methods that Bulgaria could adopt.