Faculty Brief

Tourism is a powerful engine for the global economy and is driving the development and prosperity of many developing countries by providing millions of job opportunities and creating new jobs to meet the rapid growth in global tourism. The Jordanian tourism sector is the second largest contributor to the Kingdom’s gross national product and provides approximately 55 thousand jobs in various tourism sectors, of which approximately 77% work in hotels and restaurants. It is expected that this number will grow over the next five years at a rate of 3000 jobs annually. In terms of Al-Ahliyya Amman University’s response to the needs of the economic and administrative sectors and its responsibility to prepare trained and qualified human resources capable of achieving competitiveness at the local and global level, the Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts specialization has been developed in cooperation with Movenpick Hotels and Resorts to meets the needs of the tourism sector of leaders capable of raising standards, hospitality services and culinary arts that meet the high standard expectations of tourists and the local community, as well as providing job opportunities for young people, not only at the local level, but also at the regional and global levels.