Challenges to the professional training of cruise industry employees in Bulgaria

Today, the tourism sector is one of the industries that generate some of the highest levels of employment. The tourism industry as part of the whole concept of travel, tourism, and entertainment also annually marks a remarkable growth in its development. The need for well-trained and promising personnel in the sector is becoming more and more tangible, given the desire of the business to recover quickly after the years of the pandemic. In order to meet the global demand, managers in the industry are joining their efforts in the direction of human resource development in order to optimize recruitment processes and study the possibilities of retaining well-trained specialists. The study of the relationship between the two economic activities, tourism, and the cruise industry, in terms of the creation and development of prospective manpower, will highlight the range of professional growth with high importance to the cruise business.