Travel, Hospitality & Restaurant

Travel and tourism can be thought of as a manufacturing industry. Components, e.g. hotel rooms, meals, coach or airline seats, are bought and put together by a tour operator to produce holidays. These are sold to the public by retail travel agents, with representatives of the tour operator providing the after sales service to the consumer.

Travel and Tourism one of the world's largest foreign exchange earner among industries, provides employment directly to millions of people worldwide and indirectly through many associated service industries. A very wide industry, it includes Government tourism departments, Immigration and customs services, travel agencies, airlines, tour operators, hotels etc and many associated service industries such as airline catering or laundry services, Guides, Interpreters, Tourism promotion and sales etc. Travel and Tourism enterprises include major internationals with a workforce of thousands, to the small private travel agent with a handful of employees

In India, Travel and tourism, as an industry, has been somewhat slower to take off than in many other places. However, with increasing worldwide interest in travel, and with the Government's encouragement of its activities, it is undergoing massive expansion and improvement. This forecasts a bright future for all those who choose to make a career of travel and tourism. Young people with drive and a capacity for hard work can rise to top positions very quickly in travel and tourism or even head their own agencies. A job in the industry gives good returns as well as perks including opportunity to see many locales at low prices.

Representatives/couriers are employed by tour operators to look after the holidaymakers and escort parties of tourists. They work very long hours and are always on call. Besides supervising arrivals, departures, excursions and answering questions, representatives have to deal with any complaints, accidents or illnesses (even deaths) that occur within their group of tourists.

Different scopes in tourism and hotel management:

Tourism Department :

Airlines

Tour Operators

Travel Agencies 

Hotels 

Transport