MODERN HIGHER TOURISM EDUCATION: TRENDS AND HORIZONS OF DEVELOPMENT
The article reflects the trends and horizons of the interaction of modern higher tourism education. A historical retrospective of the development of tourism education has been described since the 1990s. The determinants of the development of training for the tourist sphere are indicated. Particular attention is paid to the contradictions in the system of higher education of the tourist profile. The field of professional activity of the graduates who have mastered the bachelor's program on the direction of preparation “Tourism” (the level of bachelor's degree) is presented.