Education is a conscious and objective effort for developing human resource to be a better person. Education cannot be separated by human life and their daily activities, including their activities in doing their leisure activities, recreation, and tourism. There are still limited studies that attempt to discover the relationship between tourism education and stakeholders of tourism education. With this view, the purpose of this paper is to explore stakeholder theory and examine its relevance and applicability to tourism education development. Hence, this paper focus on three aspects on the relationship between tourism education and stakeholders of tourism education, firstly, who are the different stakeholders in the tourism education system? Secondly, what is the role of different stakeholders in developing tourism education system? Thirdly, how stakeholders and tourism education institutions could participate in enhancing the better quality of tourism education in the frame of progressive world civilization and sustainable development?

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Keywords: Tourism Education, Stakeholders, Direct or Indirect Stakeholders, Role of Stakeholders.