What if you could make a career in Travel and Tourism?  What will be your future scope? What is the current scenario of travel and tourism industry in India? And what are your chances of successfully making a career in this sector? In this article we are going to read all about that - the career opportunities that Indian travel and tourism sector offers. After reading this article, you will know the benefits and advantages, the fierce competition, and the fortune that you can make if you pursue a career in travel and tourism.

We all love to visit the known famous places in India. We also love to travel to the deepest and unknown corners of our country that are less traveled. But we often overlook the hardwork of the individuals working in the public and private firms of the travel and tourism industry that makes our travel smooth and hustle free.

As a student, every lucrative job opportunity will sound fascinating. However, at the time when you will put your feet on the shoes as an employee in any sector, you will realize how much hard work it requires to become successful. Like this, the jobs that travel and tourism industry offers might sound interesting but it will take a lot of passion, dedication and most importantly gratification.

What are the career opportunities in the Indian Travel and Tourism Industry?

India is a prime tourist center in Asia as it offers travelers and tourists to witness some of the pristinely beautiful mountains, world famous sea beaches, and of course many historical heritage structures & monuments. There are some renowned national parks and highly dense forests where tourists are often spotted. Not only people from India but people across the world visit the country to spend some memorable time. So there is always a great demand for employees in this sector to make the stay of the tourists more memorable and happy. Let’s have a look in all these opportunities:

1. Tour Operators and Travel Agencies – Working as a tour operator you can set your own travel agency firm or you can also work in any travel agency. The work is interesting as you will have the authority to design tour packages and sell them to the customers. You can start your career as a Customer Sales Executive and gradually become a Product Designer. And above all, you can join as an on-field operating manager of tours and manage the travelers while traveling with them. The desktop jobs are engaging too. You will coordinate with the operation team for package selling and customer support, maintain workable relationships with various traders and service providers of your agency. You will have the opportunity to design tour plans in the less or not traveled places!

2. Office Manager – As an office manager you will have responsibilities of uninterrupted working. You will manage human resources; also, you will design business development, advertisement and public relation strategies.

3. A career in Aviation – In the aviation department of the travel and tourism sector, you will have responsibilities on ticketing, priority booking and reservation, sales and marketing, customer service and ground staff work.

4. Adventure Tourism Jobs – It’s a great opportunity if you love adventure sports, and if you’re a fitness enthusiast you will have the opportunity to train individuals who will be opting for adventure sports. You can apply for the roles of trek leader, jet ski instructor, parasailing instructor, rock-climbing instructor, scuba diver etc. The only thing needed to apply for these jobs is high experience and ultimate fitness.

5. Medical Tourism – People from different parts of the world travel to other places to avail medical benefits. Therefore, working in medical tourism is one career-changing opportunity. As a medical tourist professional you will have the options of working as a front office supervisor, assistant manager of sales and business development.

Besides these mainstream travel and tourism jobs if you are good at writing start your own traveling blog.

Education Qualification

There are many institutes that offer diploma, bachelor and master degree courses on travel and tourism. You can join such institutes after completing your 10+2 degree and get certified as a travel and tourism specialist.

Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management (IITTM) is one such autonomous institution that is operated by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. It educates the upcoming travel and tourism professionals in the manner that public and private travel and tourism industry demands. Other than this, there are many private and public institutes that offer crash courses on travel and tourism.

Let us have a look at the various courses that are available in the Travel and Tourism:

Diploma Courses :

Bachelor Courses after 12th :

Master Courses :

So you see, there are lots of opportunities in the travel and tourism sector. If you wholeheartedly want to make a career in this sector, go ahead do it. Also, there are top travel and tourism firms in the world that are continuously looking for the right candidate.