Innovative Pathways for Tourism Educational Models in Vocational Colleges and Universities from the Perspective of Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

With the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology in the tourism industry, there are significant changes in tourism service, management and operating models, which puts forward higher requirements for the quality of talent development in tourism education in
vocational colleges and universities. At present, in vocational colleges and universities, tourism education has problems such as disconnection between the curriculum system and the application of AI in the tourism industry, lack of support from intellectual technology in practice
teaching, and insufficient digital literacy of the teaching faculty, making it difficult to meet the development needs of the industry. This paper
departs from the logic of integrating artificial intelligence with tourism education, aligns with the dual-focused positioning of vocational undergraduate education-"vocational competency" and "academic rigor", proposes innovative pathways including restructuring the curriculum
system, innovating practice teaching model, and building "double-qualified" AI-enhanced teaching teams, and aims to provide reference for
vocational colleges and universities to develop high-quality technical talents that meet the demand of the smart tourism era.