Introduction of Tourism and Travel management
BSC Tourism AND Travel Management Course in Chandigarh – Travel and Tourism sector is growing at a good pace in India. The Government is giving much importance to tourism sector. Various plans and initiatives have been designed and developed by the Government, keeping tourism sector in mind. This is a good sign. Tourism sector will employ many Indian nationals and help generate more revenue. With the increase in the size of this sector, tourism industry is also going to need increased number of qualified travel and tourism professionals. The field of travel and tourism primarily deals with taking care of tourists, hospitality management, travel management, tour management etc. It offers diverse job opportunities. India is a well known tourist destination. Heritage, cultural and medical tourists throng Indian tourist destinations each year. Travel and Tourism management professionals may manage the accommodation, travel modes, tour program and overall stay of such tourists in India. Not only in India, travel and tourism professionals may also perform the above mentioned tasks abroad, where they may take Indian nationals on tours!
Also, as per popular researches and studies, the tourism sector has created about 11 million jobs and has the potential to create another 37 million jobs in the future. Although the future of the industry is quite bright but still there is a lot of development in terms of infrastructure and skilled personnel.[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Career Options”]There are many options to venture into to be a part of the tourism sector; public and private. The following are some of the profiles one can look into:[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Career Options”]There are many options to venture into to be a part of the tourism sector; public and private. The following are some of the profiles one can look into:[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Tourism Department:”]There are jobs as Reservation and counter staff, Sales and marketing staff, Tour Planners and Tour guides. There is also the requirement of Information assistants at the office of the Tourism departments who are selected through competitive examinations held by the Staff Selection Commission. The option of working as a Guide is also listed under the tourism department as the Ministry of Tourism recognizes three types of guides; regional, state and local.[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Airlines:”]One can opt between being the ground staff or in flight staff. Apart from working as Airhostess/ Stewards, you can look into the option of Traffic Assistance, Reservation and Counter Staff, etc.[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Hotels:”]The Hotel Industry being a service industry, serves the basic requirement of food and accommodation. One can choose from Operations, Front office, House keeping, Food and Beverages, Accounting, Engineering/ Maintenance, Sales, Public relations and Security, etc as one of the many departments to work with.[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Tour operators:”]They are the ones who help organize conducted tours to the various tourist spots and manage the travel and stay of the tourists.[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Travel Agents:”]Travel agents evaluate the requirements of tourists and businessmen and help them make the best possible travel arrangements from the many available. Many resorts, travel groups use travel agents to promote their tour packages to travelers.[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”Transport:”]Apart from airlines, travelers require rail services, coach operators, car hire companies to go from one place to another – by air, road, railway, sea etc. All this is take care by the ones handling transport.[/eikra-vc-text-title]
