Industry Revolution 4.0: The Challenge for Secondary Education on Tourism and Hospitality in Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impacts of industrial revolution 4.0 to the tourism and hospitality industry and how the secondary vocational education respond to the impacts. The paper analyses discourses found in the literature. The result shows that the industrial revolution 4.0 needs basic skills, namely communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving that should be aligned with current information and technology skills. Indonesian government has developed vocational education revitalization policy that generated collaborative actions among several ministries to accelerate quality improvement for students. Some regional policies attribute to curriculum that emphasizes on hard skills improvement. This paper recommends concern on strengthening the characters that could enhance creativity, innovation, and ethics to prepare students in industrial revolution 4.0. Keywords—industry revolution; tourism and hospitality; secondary school; vocational education