自改革开放政策在全国范围内实施以来,我国市场经济体制得到了一定的改革和创新,社会主义市场经济体制得以建立和完善。在这样的形势下,我国市场经济发展进程逐渐加快,使得我国综合国力和国民生产总值得到进一步的提升。然而,经济的发展使市场竞争压力越来越大,进而加重了学生的就业负担。随着社会竞争日益激烈,学生毕业后面临着较大的就业挑战和压力。如何提升学生就业能力,促使其职业技能得到显著增强已经成为各级教育部门和所有教育工作者重点关注的问题。现阶段,在金融风暴席卷全球的情况下,国内就业发展陷入僵局,旅游管理专业实践教学为学生提供了一定的职业技能增强、就业能力培养的新机遇。本文围绕旅游管理专业学生就业现状展开分析,进而研究如何在旅游管理实践教学中提升学生职业技能和就业能力,希望能够为促使旅游管理专业学生顺利就业奠定坚实的基础。 Since the policy of reform and opening up was implemented throughout the country, China’s market economic system has been given some reforms and innovations, and the socialist market economic system has been established and improved. Under such circumstances, the process of market economy development in our country is gradually accelerating, which has further enhanced our overall national strength and gross national product. However, the economic development makes the market competition more and more pressured, which further aggravates the students’ employment burden. With the increasingly fierce social competition, students face greater employment challenges and pressures after graduation. How to improve the employability of students and promote their vocational skills to be significantly enhanced has become a key issue of concern to all levels of education departments and all educators. At this stage, with the global financial crisis sweeping the globe, the domestic employment development is in a deadlock. The practical teaching of tourism management provides new opportunities for students to enhance their professional skills and employability. This article analyzes the status quo of tourism management students employment, and then studies how to improve students’ occupational skills and employability in the practice of tourism management, hoping to lay a solid foundation for the successful employment of tourism management students.