In the 90s this was one of our most succesful course – Italian language for tourism. We had classes with 10/12 students from Austria, Switzerland and Germany; the young Austrian students usually were working in the family hotels, the Swiss came from Hoteliere Schools and the German students mostly from 4 or 5 stars chain-hotels.
Now there is a (small) comeback, and after years without any student interested in learning Italian for tourism purposes, now we have classes with 3 or 4 students.

At Scuola Toscana we offer three levels(we also have three corresponding booklets), from beginners (reception, reservation, cancellation, etc.) to intermediate (problem solving, business mail, etc.) to advanced (marketing, art of hospitality etc.) – gastronomy is also part of the programs.

We work with teachers specialised in the field, and the roleplaying is the basis of the work in class.
We do also the preparation for the DILC exam of Accademia Italiana di Lingua, an exam in Italian for Commerce which has to do also with the Tourism sector.

With the tourism business thriving in most of the world, will Scuola Toscana be able to get bigger classes of Italian for Tourism again ? Hope so !