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TOURISM If yu have inclination towards travel and adventure then this is the right career for you. With domestic and international tourism picking up, many careers options are in this sector. If you like meeting people, love adventure, having good communication skills and have a pleasing personality, you can look for careers in this fast growing sector. With the growth of tourist traffic, tourism and travel related jobs are increasing day by day. These relate to various related services facilitating travel, such as travel agencies, banking, hotels, travel guides, airlines and other services. In this sector, girls are in as much demand as males and are even preferred for certain jobs. Travel-related jobs are best suited for individuals who enjoy meeting people and make them comfortable and having good communication skills it is for those who love adventure and travelling. There are some desk jobs also , but even these jobs involves understanding the needs of the traveller and making the best arrangements possible for him/her. Many agencies are diversifying into travel services. These include foreign banks and vacation companies which offer this as an added service to their clients. We can take the example of American Express, which has its Travel-Related Services Unit to provide assistance to clients. With the travel sector opening up and foreign timeshares and vacations becoming popular, tourist traffic is expected to increase day by day. Much of the traffic depends on internal stability of the country; fortunately that has existed in India. The government too recognises it as an industry. Main areas where career can be made Travel Agencies Facilitating travel and related services are travel agencies. They require people to deal with customers, guide them as they plan holidays and finally offer tickets for the best routes or offers. They also help in foreign exchange and visas. How to join a travel agenyc ? To join a travel agency, one can do a diploma in travel and ticketing from a polytechnic or an institute. This is usually a short-term course (3-6 months) and will help gain entry into an agency. Some travel agencies and airlines offer this course. Short-term courses are also offered by Delhi Tourism. Freshers without a diploma can also join and learn on the job. The requirements are a pleasing personality and the ability to deal with customers. Of course a knowledge of destinations and procedures help a great deal. Tour Operators There are many companies operating tours for the domestic as well as the international tourist. Some may be for the usual destinations like hill stations but others are for unusual activities like river rafting, hang gliding, rock climbing and camping. Tour operators need people for selling the concept and then to accompany the groups to the destinations. For foreign groups, the agencies prefer girls, who are friendly and helpful. For domestic groups, males are preferred. Again, the qualities required are a pleasing and outgoing personality, knowledge of the activities and often participatin in them with the tourists. A person hoping to work with a tour operator must be able to travel with the groups and know people at the destinations to make the tours pleasant for the client. Though one may do a course of tourist guide for this purpose, people with a knowledge of the activities can easily join tour operators. The jobs could be seasonal in some cases. Tourist guides The Ministry of Tourism grants licenses to three categories of tourist guides *.Regional *.State level *.Monument guides This is a three-month course followed by a test, after which the license is granted. For 12 years after 1984, no licenses were granted as the license holders had taken a stay. People have thus been working even eithout a license. A guide gets about Rs 1,600 per day for outstation tours but they also get tips from clients and commission from hotels, restaurants and shops. The best guides and those who are in demand are those who offer clean deals and are able to get the maximum advantage for the tourists. Guides must be in touch with foreign agencies who send groups to India. A fixed itinerary is offered and guides take the groups to those areas which they are familiar with. Apart from the activities mentioned above, wildlife safaris are also becoming increasingly popular. During the season, a guide can hope to earn a six-figure sum but a person has to be good and understand the foreign tourist and his needs. The job is exciting and satisfying and the earnings during the season are enough to see one through the off season as well. The age limit for a guide is 50 years but young and energetic persons are preferred. Holiday consultants This is a new concept, the idea being that the tourist gets all the details of travel and itineraries from one source. The holiday consultant will sell the holidays, plan out the itineraries, help in travel plans and arrange for ticketing and other details as well. A knowledge of the destinations and the activities available is a pre-requisite. With people having little time, these consultants will make all the arrangements required to have an enjoyable holiday. Airlines Airlines require people for ground as well as flight duties. On the ground, the duties are in offices, at the airline desks in airports and for checking and managing flights. A course in travel or a qualification on hotel management helps to get in. Airlines also require air hostesses and stewards for flights. The jobs are glamorous and afford the possibility of traveling to exciting destinations. Free tickets for the family offered by some airlines are an added advantage. To become an air hostess, you should be unmarried, below 25, a graduate or have training in hotel management and catering. A pleasing personality, physical fitness and lots of stamina are required. Your height should be between 154 and 170 cm, normal eyesight and familiarity of a foreign language. There are a number of institutes offering training to become an air hostess. Indian Airlines has its own institute in Hyderabad to train cabin crew. Airlines advertise for vacancies in the newspaper and impart their own training. Apart from a test to check your general awareness and proficiency in language, there may be a flight observation test to see if the applicant gests air sick. The flight career of air hostesses is only 10 years or shorter in the case of private airlines. Salaries range in the range of Rs 6,000 for domestic to Rs 40,000 in international airlines. If you want to become an air hostess, make sure you participate in games and extra curricular activities and develop a good personality. With more airlines targetting India, there may be many jobs available as air hostesses. Banks Foreign banks and dealers in foreign exchange require people to assist their clients in their travel requirements. The idea is to provide services under one roof. Usually, MBASs from premier institutes are preferred. The bank helps in hotel bookings, ticketing and all travel-related services. Indian banks have been laggards in providing such services and foreign banks pay very well. The jobs expected from the person may sometimes be more than travel-related, since a personal touch is added to make the traveller feel at home. With foreign companies coming in India in a big way, such services are poised to increase. For the adventurous and the travel-minded, there are a lot of avenues that could be explored. Of course one has to very good in the job, have a thorough knowledge and have lots of stamina. For the travel buff with a knowledge of Indian culture and destinations, a career in travel and tourism offers exciting opportunities indeed. Course
Course -B.A. Tourism and Travel Management. Graduate Integrated Course Duration - 3 years. Eligibility- +2. Institutes
Eastern Region
Post graduate courses in travel and tourism Masters in travel administration of 2 years duration is offered to graduates/postgraduates in the following universitites :
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