It is very important to assess the teaching skills of academic staff lecturing in higher education institutions and to address the deficiencies. In this regard, an attempt has been made to assess the teaching skills of academics working in the field of Tourism Education. A total of 15 open-ended questions from the Teacher Competencies set by the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE) were asked to 17 academics and 33 undergraduate and postgraduate students studying at Balıkesir University Faculty of Tourism. A questionnaire was prepared for the questions and the face-to-face interview technique was used. Although the responses of academics and students to the questions about their teaching skills are generally positive (80% of academics, 67% of students), it can be said that academics have deficits in making self-assessment, preparation of course materials, consideration of individual differences, organization of extracurricular activities, and use of different measurement techniques.