Monday, 29 August 2016

Jobs and Career in the Tourism Industry


Tourism is a service industry giving more occasions to meet a lot of people if one enjoys meeting inhabitants and making them happy. According to world travel and tourism council estimates, about 207 million people engaged in 2001 that existed because of the existence of travel, tourism, hospitality and allied industry. About 8.2 % of total employed work-force in the world and 2.9 % of total employed people in India are from the dynamic travel and tourism industry. As per government of India ministry of tourism, at present more than 5 million inhabitants are working in travel and tourism industry. The tourism jobs can be fascinating, remunerative and exciting which can be in the sectors of airlines, hotels, travel agencies, tour operators and that requires stamina, patience and how to enter the tourism industry: most of the entry in the tourism industry happens by the sake of experience however there are schools, institutes and universities, that train people for the different skills needed for travel and tourism jobs and there are hotel management institutes and tourism and travel management institutes in public and private sectors.

Where are the Jobs in Tourism Industry?
Airlines: Airlines are the most important Travel Industry employers, offering a host of Jobs at different jobs ranging from entry point to top management. The jobs are: Reservation Agents, Flight Attendants including Air Hostesses, Maintenance Staff, and Aircraft Mechanic etc.

Travel Agencies and Tour Operators: Travel Agents are mostly retailers who arrangement with Air-Tickets as a Product. There may be smaller Travel Agents as well. The Tour Operators are Tour organizers and generally they are of three types: Domestic, Inbound and Outbound.

Hotels and Resorts: They handle the accommodation feature of tourism. They need people at various levels: general managers, resident managers, accountants, management trainees, director of human resource and personnel, director of sales and marketing.

Transport Companies: Companies owning Transport task force needs drivers Guides, etc.

Cruise Industry: A multibillion dollar cruise Industry has all the jobs needed in hotels and restaurants.

Moreover that there are opportunities in Food Joints, Entertainment, Recreation and Leisure Industry. Travel and Tourism Organizations like WTO, IATA, IATO etc as well as Travel Media and Research Organizations.

Where to Study Tourism and Travel Management: We have started a Travel Educational Institute knows as Travel O Course in Delhi. You can visit us at http://www.travelocourse.com/. We provide 3 to 6 month short term travel courses with GDS Training and 1 year diploma in travel and tourism courses with 100% job placement.


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