The semantics of the word tourism originated from the Latin tornus, which was originally a tool for drawing circles in the Greek language, and derived the meaning of traveling around and eventually returning to the original point. In the 17th and 18th centuries, because people began to migrate to travel in large numbers, the term "tourist" was used. Tourism and tourism is one of the six key emerging industries promoted by the Executive Yuan. This department integrates specialized teachers from the industry and local industries to achieve educational results and local characteristics, and then cultivate professional and responsible tourism business management, eco-tourism planning and guide interpretation Professionalservice personnel inother fields.

The department was originally named "Department of Tourism and Eco-Tourism ", incorporating professional knowledge related to the ecological environment. It began in 105 for students' professional practice internships and job market considerations. Without changing the main framework of the department's curriculum, it was renamed "Department of Tourism " (Department of Tourism ). Tourism). It also integrates current employment trends and incorporates elements of cultural creation, food and agriculture, and design. In addition to related foreign language proficiency, in addition to basic tourism English and Japanese for tourism, the relevant courses of this department are also in line with the close exchanges between Taiwan and South Korea and the government's southward policy, offering introductory Korean and Southeast Asian languages. At present, the courses of this department are divided into three modules.