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Tourism management education is a contemporary academic field and the use of technology helps deliver, promote and expand its reach through online platforms and digital technology. Recent advancements in such digital technology and online education has transformed the accessibility and delivery of tourism education across India and world. Understanding how these changes influence the teaching and learning practices and the perception of the stakeholders about such changes becomes vital. In this context, the study aimed to identify the underlying dimensions of online tourism education and to examine the perspectives of teachers and students towards such practices. The study employed a survey method and administered random sampling with the variables of online approaches in tourism education. A closed-ended structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from teachers and students in tourism programs. The study centered on their experience of teaching-learning practices. The items were summarized through review of related literature and tested for the reliability coefficient using Cronbach alpha. Further these were factor analyzed to obtain six factors; the effectiveness of online teaching-learning, online classroom environment, instructional technology awareness, and motivation of students to study tourism programs in online mode and their educational outcome. A students’ t-test was employed to compare the perspectives of teachers and students on chosen parameters of online tourism education. The findings of the study in addition to identifying the underlying factors highlighted the variations in perspectives between of teachers and students both overall and across gender. The findings shall be helpful in formulating policies with respect to online tourism education.
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