Tourism College of Hunan Normal University is one of the earliest institutions of higher tourism education in Hunan Province, and it is also the first institution in China to train doctoral students in the direction of tourism culture. It was designated by Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau as "designated unit for job training in Hunan tourism industry". Now there are tourism management department, hotel management department, tourism graduate students, Hunan Jiashi Tourism Consulting Co., Ltd., Hunan Normal University Travel Agency and Hunan Normal University Ticket Office. The college has a strong faculty, including 6 professors, 3 associate professors, 2 doctoral supervisors, 9 master supervisors and 3 provincial-level young backbone teachers. Among the teachers, more than 90% have doctoral and master's degrees. The college has established academic exchanges and cooperation with universities in the United States, Britain, Japan, South Korea and other countries, and often invites famous scholars at home and abroad to give lectures and cooperate in research. The college is equipped with a modern multimedia computer room, an advanced voice laboratory and a library and reference center. It has formed a multi-level tourism talent training system including doctor (tourism culture direction), master (tourism management), postgraduate courses and full-time undergraduate courses (tourism management, hotel management, international tourism and tourism education).

Tourism management major

Set up three training directions: tourism management, hotel management and international tourism, all of which are four-year undergraduate courses. The main courses offered are: management principles, economic principles, accounting, tourism communication etiquette, tourism sociology, tourism psychology, tourism public relations, tourism aesthetics, introduction to travel agency management, tourism corporate image planning, tourism regulations, tour guide business, introduction to hotel management, hotel lobby and guest room management, hotel catering management, hotel human resource management, hotel recreation management, financial management, service marketing, e-commerce, tourism English and Japanese.

Direction of tourism management

Cultivate middle and senior talents who have professional knowledge of tourism management, can engage in tourism management in tourism administrative departments at all levels and tourism enterprises and institutions, and care about your work.

Hotel management direction

Cultivate middle and senior management talents majoring in hotel management, and be able to serve as business supervisor or department in middle and high-star hotels with the above experience.

Direction of international tourism

Cultivate middle and senior talents who are proficient in a foreign language, have the basic ability of speaking and translating a second foreign language, have professional knowledge of international tourism and hotel management, and work in domestic and foreign travel agencies and high-star foreign-related hotels after graduation.