%0 Journal Article %T Opini¨®n del sector empleador p¨²blico sobre el desempe o laboral del Licenciado en Turismo egresado de la Universidad de Oriente, N¨²cleo Nueva Esparta (Notas de investigaci¨®n) %A Pe£¿a %A Arline %A Lunar Leandro %A Rafael Antonio %J PASOS : Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural %D 2006 %I PASOS %X The tourism activity in Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela requires well-trained professional in this industry. The main objective of this study is to analyze the opinion of employers of the public sector about the performance of graduates from the Escuela de Hoteler¨ªa y Turismo (School of Hospitality and Tourism Management) of Universidad de de Oriente, Nueva Esparta. The methodology was based on a survey instrument adapted from G¨®mez (2002). The analysis of the information gathered yields as a result: Graduates from the Escuela de Hoteler¨ªa y Turismo fulfil the university professional profile as for technical skills, nevertheless some failures were found out related to professional areas such as research, planning and control of processes %K Technical training %K Competence %K Training in tourism %K Curriculum %U www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/4206/PS090206.pdf