ABSTRACT
In Indonesia, tourism is recognized as a science that allows granting a permit for establishing an undergraduate-level study program for tourism education in 2006. Various campuses in Indonesia have since opened tourism study programs. On the other hand, the debate about tourism as a science is still ongoing. Developments in the scientific world that have an impact on education need to be documented in history so that the development of tourism as science can become clear. This research uses an in-depth interview approach with tourism professors. The comparison between the arguments obtained from interviewees demands historical research that can record the development of tourism education in Indonesia. As a result, experts agree that historical research on tourism education needs to be carried out as an effort to provide tourism scientific buildings.
