Sheffield hallam university's major in tourism, hotel and leisure management can be said to be the best in this school. In terms of scale, sheffield hallam university is one of the largest universities in Europe offering tourism, hotel and leisure management, with more than 2,000 undergraduate, master and doctoral students studying in this major. According to the assessment of quality assurance agency QAA), sheffield hallam university's tourism, hotel and leisure management majors got a perfect score of 24. The center is dedicated to studying and promoting the relationship between tourism and culture. Through academic research, consulting services, holding international conferences and publishing teaching materials and professional academic books and periodicals, we will strive to popularize and disseminate new ideas and viewpoints, reform relevant policies, develop industrial networks, and promote market planning, practice and management in the British tourism and cultural fields. Members of the Center participated in a series of research projects related to British domestic and international tourism culture, and also compiled many books, teaching materials and international journals. The center organized and hosted many important international academic conferences, including tourism and literature (2004), tourism and photography (2003), tourism and culture festival (2003) and other topics. On September 23-25, 2005, the Center held an international seminar on "Development and Protection of Lake Tourism in 2005" jointly with china tourism association, Zhejiang Provincial Tourism Bureau and Zhejiang University Tourism Research Institute, and held a special discussion and exchange on the theory and practical experience of international lake tourism development and protection management. Tourism, hotel and leisure industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, providing nearly 200 million jobs and 65,438+00% of GDP, among which the China market is the fastest growing. It is conservatively estimated that by 2065,438+02 (according to the statistics of WTTC 2006,5438+0 and 65438), China's tourism, hotel and leisure industries will provide more than 20 million jobs. Tourism Council (World Tourism Council). The employment rate of students managed by tourist hotels in sheffield hallam university is very high. Not only did British students find jobs in Britain, continental Europe and North America, but among the graduates majoring in international hotel and tourism management in 2005, nine international students from Chinese mainland, Hongkong and India were successfully employed in marriott international, and received training as training managers in the United States for one and a half years, and then were sent to work in various countries of Marriott International. Students majoring in tourism, hotel and leisure management will have many internship opportunities during the holidays. Every autumn, the school will organize a job fair, and many large companies in the industry will come to the school for on-site interviews, including MGM, Disney, Holiday Inn, Hilton Hotel and other internationally renowned companies specializing in tourism, hotels and leisure.