Vocational ability is the practical requirement of tourism industry for tourism talents. The purpose of practical teaching reform of tourism management major is to promote vocational ability. On the basis of analyzing vocational ability that university graduates of applied tourism management should have, anew understand the concept of "vocational education", change thoughts, connect professional standard and industrial standard, strengthen the construction of practical teaching system, teachers and practice base on and off campus, reform evaluation system of practical teaching, comprehensively improve vocational ability of students, enhance employment competitiveness of students, and then promote industrial and professional development.
