ID :
196105
Wed, 07/20/2011 - 14:19
Auther :
Shortlink :
http://m.oananews.org//node/196105
The shortlink copeid
Tourism career roadmap to cushion labour free flow in ASEAN
BANGKOK, July 20 (TNA) - The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is proposing a roadmap to prepare Thai tourism professionals for the commencement of labour free flow in Southeast Asia in 2015.
TDRI academic Suwanna Tulyawasinpong made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that by 2015 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be collectively bound to an ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRA), which stipulates mutual recognition of basic labour qualifications among ASEAN countries in various industry fields.
The MRA aims to streamline the employment process for ASEAN nationals seeking work in another ASEAN country. Under the concept, the expatriates must satisfy normal immigration procedures prior to arriving in a destination country, but will be exempted from skills assessment tests thereafter.
Suwanna said that Thailand so far agreed to give mutual recognition for seven professions, namely practitioners, dentists, nurses, accountants, engineers, architects, and surveyors, but remained the only ASEAN member to exclude recognition for all 32 tourism professions.
Suwanna explained that the proposed roadmap suggested the Thai government link up with educational institutes to develop in-depth hotel and tourism-related curricula and training courses, focusing on the teaching of Southeast Asian languages, and also the extension of the current three-month student apprenticeship program to a lengthier one-year period.
Above all, the Thai academic said effective preparation of Thai tourism professionals will ultimately raise Thailand’s tourism-related competitiveness in Southeast Asia. (TNA)
TDRI academic Suwanna Tulyawasinpong made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that by 2015 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be collectively bound to an ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRA), which stipulates mutual recognition of basic labour qualifications among ASEAN countries in various industry fields.
The MRA aims to streamline the employment process for ASEAN nationals seeking work in another ASEAN country. Under the concept, the expatriates must satisfy normal immigration procedures prior to arriving in a destination country, but will be exempted from skills assessment tests thereafter.
Suwanna said that Thailand so far agreed to give mutual recognition for seven professions, namely practitioners, dentists, nurses, accountants, engineers, architects, and surveyors, but remained the only ASEAN member to exclude recognition for all 32 tourism professions.
Suwanna explained that the proposed roadmap suggested the Thai government link up with educational institutes to develop in-depth hotel and tourism-related curricula and training courses, focusing on the teaching of Southeast Asian languages, and also the extension of the current three-month student apprenticeship program to a lengthier one-year period.
Above all, the Thai academic said effective preparation of Thai tourism professionals will ultimately raise Thailand’s tourism-related competitiveness in Southeast Asia. (TNA)
