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Top Companies – Thomas Cook, SOTC, Cox & Kings, Jet Airways, Indian Airlines, Sahara Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines, Spice Jet.
- Kinds of jobs available/ Skills required for each designation –
- Transport Services: Tourists use air, railways and road transport systems and waterways in coastal regions. There is a variety of job opportunities particularly in passenger service.
- Air transport: Airlines operate at both international and inland routes. One can be a part of the crew on board as a pilots, flight engineers, cabin crew or can join the ground staff for supervising technical and service sectors.
- Road transport: Tourist coaches have guides and travel staff on board. Coaches and tourist cars with drivers qualified to be tourist guides, are in great demand.
- Travel agencies: . The top agencies throughout the country - usually take in college graduates as junior staff. From the point of view of career prospects, it is better to have a PG diploma in Tourism.
- Guides: Young graduates who have an aptitude in history and learning languages (especially foreign languages) could work as licensed guides.
- Terms of Employment – training period usually 3 months
- Timings of work – Usually Fixed working hours
- Study leave/Leave policy - NA
- Future career prospects/growth pattern – Growth will be seen only if you are ready to put in 3-4 years of experience
Requirement of freshers in the coming year - Opportunities in this field exist with government tourism departments as well as in the private sector with travel agencies, civil aviation, tour operators and as free lancers. Though travel agents are working in all parts of the country, they mainly concentrate in populated cities because there are better business opportunities. Self employment is a common feature in this sector. Generally, after gaining experience and recognition in an established travel agency, agents start their own firms.
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