A career in travel and tourism is one of the most desirable career options for youngsters these days. This field is the world’s largest foreign exchange generator and spins billions of dollars each year. In India too, with the upcoming Commonwealth Games in 2010, the scope of tourism jobs has increased manifold. New hotels are coming up, the whole tourism industry is being spruced up and the government is taking appropriate steps to ensure comfort for all international visitors during the Games. With so much happening in the tourism industry, it is not surprising that the demand for professionals in this field is going through the roof. Since it is a service industry, manpower is the main asset in this industry.

In career tourism, there are jobs pertaining to many fields. So, it provides employment to millions of professionals directly and indirectly. This industry has a very huge scope and is growing at a very rapid pace generating tourism job for qualified and trained jobseekers. In the tourism one can look to get jobs in the government tourism departments, airlines, hotel industry, immigration and customs services, start your own travel agencies, become a tour operator, hotels and become a part of many associated service industries. These include airline catering or laundry services, tourist guides, interpreters, professionals in tourism promotion and sales etc. Thus, this industry has something to offer to everybody and can absorb people with diverse skill sets.

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