Opinión del sector empleador público sobre el desempe o laboral del Licenciado en Turismo egresado de la Universidad de Oriente, Núcleo Nueva Esparta (Notas de investigación)

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 Hotelería 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 Gómez (2002). The analysis of the information gathered yields as a result: Graduates from the Escuela de Hotelería 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