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About Travel & Tourism

Travel and Tourism is a part of the Hospitality industry, providing employment directly and indirectly to millions of people worldwide. Some of these service areas include government tourism departments, immigration and the customs services, travel agencies, airlines, tour operators, and hotels.

A career in the travel and tourism industry is essentially concerned with providing services for people who are away from home, on business or on holiday. It requires assessing the needs of tourists and businessmen and helping them make the best possible travel arrangements from the many travel options available.

The feeling derived by leaving everything behind, in search of proving to yourself, that you can see the world, and probably help people while you are at it, is exhilarating.

Pursuing travel and tourism studies will train you to:

  • Define the tourism industry and highlight employment opportunities and the skills needed to work in travel
  • Use knowledge of world geography to sell destinations and plan efficient customer itineraries
  • Give accurate advice on requirements for travel documents, customs, heath and currency requirements
  • Make air travel arrangements using standard industry coding and terminology
  • These are just some of the aspects you will be trained upon.  However, with an industry as broad as travelling, there is a high chance that you will find niche areas where your knowledge of travel and tourism could be applied.

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Choosing the right course and the right country is a big challenge, with a wide array of options available, both in India and abroad.

There are various courses available, if you wish to pursue Travel and Tourism studies. Australia, New Zealand and Canada are the top 3 preferred destinations for students wishing to study travel and tourism.

AUSTRALIA

University of Queensland | Griffith University | Victoria University

NEW ZEALAND

The New Zealand School of Travel and Tourism | International travel college

CANADA

Canadian Tourism College | Academy Canada | Vancouver Career College

Career Prospects

The chances of landing a job in the tourism sector are very bright. The tourism industry has high potential with varied opportunities existing in both the public and the private sectors. The public sector has opportunities in the Directorates and Departments of Tourism of the centre and the state as Officers, information assistants, Tourist guides etc. The private sector has opportunities in travel agencies, tour operators, airlines, hotels, transport and cargo companies etc. Some of the Career Options are as given below.

  • Tourism Department Employee
  • Airlines’ staff
  • Tour Operator
  • Travel Agent

If you love to blog, and often indulge in blogging, Travel writing is one of the newer niche areas to work in. Typically a travel writer will travel around the world and write blogs on the same, getting paid to live their dreams and write about their experiences, which may inspire a few others to follow their dreams.

Books like Coasting by Jonathan Raban and City of Djinss by William Dalrymple have been listed amongst the top 20 most inspiring travel books ever. Both Jonathan Raban and William Dalrymple are highly decorated and celebrated authors, who have forged a name for themselves as prolific travel writers.

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Jobs & Salary

There are a number of companies catering to the travel and tourism sector, from airline carriers to Cruises, Railways, etc. There are private organisations which have been arranging tours and offering complete services for travel and tourism operations.

Some of these companies are:

  • Airlines
  • Cruise ships
  • Travel agencies
  • Hotels
  • Transport and Cargo Companies

There are a number of new companies that have come about over the past few years, with the amount of internet bookings on the rise. Organisations like Makemytrip and Yatra have grown phenomenally, to become almost the main channel to book travel tickets.

There are essentially two different types of travel guides, ones who work locally and ones who work internationally.  The money earned by them depends on their skill level and their experience.

Pros & Cons

Though travel seems like a fun career prospect, like every other job it has its advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of making a career in this field are:

  • Visiting new places
  • Meeting new people
  • Learning new cultures and traditions
  • Educative and informative trips.
  • Adventures and thrills
  • High remunerations
  • Ability to grow your network

While the main disadvantages of making a career in this field are:

  • Erratic timings
  • Staying away from friends and family for long stretches of time.
  • Health risks
  • Fatigue that can occur on long journeys.

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