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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:
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.
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.
Hotels: The Hotel Industry being a service industry, serves the basic requirement of food and accommodation. One can choose from operations, front office, housekeeping, food and beverages, accounting, engineering/ maintenance, sales, public relations and security, etc. as one of the many departments to work with.
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.
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.
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.
A few colleges from where you can pursue a course in hospitality, travel and tourism are:
National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management- Hyderabad
UTM, Shillong
Institute of Mgmt Sciences (University of Lucknow) - Lucknow
Institute of Management Studies (IMS) - Ghaziabad