Title: Effectiveness of hospitality education curriculum: a systematic and critical review of literature

Authors: Rahul Chowdhury; Mahuya Adhikary

Addresses: School of Hospitality and Tourism, Sister Nivedita University, DG Block (Newtown), Action Area I, 1/2, West Bengal 700156, India ' School of Business, Department of Management, Sister Nivedita University, DG Block (Newtown), Action Area I, 1/2, West Bengal 700156, India

Abstract: The Indian hospitality and tourism sector has grown tremendously in recent years. The curriculum evaluation process plays a major role not only in keeping the system up to date but also in directing the students toward their goals. The curriculum development process must be structured in a way that students can easily pursue their desired field of study without any barriers (Hussain et al., 2011). The pandemic has badly affected the education system across the globe as such traditional face-to-face learning was temporarily terminated by governments across the globe. The paradigm shift from offline to online education disrupted the education system (Chandler et al., 2020). This article reviewed the literature of 71 articles on hospitality and tourism employability skills, academic delivery, hospitality curriculum and paradigm shift in hospitality education. The paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of hospitality education curricula through a systematic and critical literature review.

Keywords: hospitality curriculum; paradigm shift; hospitality education; literature review; curriculum efficacy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2025.148762

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2025 Vol.18 No.5, pp.445 - 462

Received: 11 Nov 2023
Accepted: 26 Apr 2024
Published online: 23 Sep 2025 *

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