Career Paths in Tourism

Career Paths in Tourism

In addition to considering one of the foregoing kinds of positions within a particular segment of the tourism sectors, it is also useful to examine the various career paths that might be pursued. Because the tourism industry is so large and so diverse, it offers a board range of challenging positions. While each of these positions offers its own unique opportunities and demands, people will find that the experience gained from working in a range of jobs in different subsectors of tourism can strengthen their understanding of the industry as a whole. Depending on one’s career objectives, this broader understanding of tourism can be especially valuable when applying for certain types of positions. Examples include those in destination management organizations and national or provincial/safe tourism offices.

To offer employees opportunities for growth and development, educators and personnel managers attempt continually to a concept of career paths in tourism. A schematic model illustrating the concept of career paths in tourism. A schematic model illustrating the concept is shown the following figure. The fundamental premise of this general model is that people can pursue a variety of reasonably well-defined alternative routes, first through the educational system and subsequently through the industry itself. Based on the training and experience gained, combined with high-quality performance, a person can pursue a career path starting at different levels, with the ultimate goal of achieving the position of the senior executive.

While not everyone will have the ability or will necessary want to pass through all levels of the model, it does provide defined career paths for those who are interested. It also indicates what combination of training and experience is normally required to achieve various positions.

Although clearly an oversimplification, the career path model demonstrates that people may take a variety of routes in pursuing their careers at different levels within and across the various subsectors of tourism. The specific position that will appeal to different people will do, of course, vary according to their particular educational background and their occupational skills. The chosen career path will also reflect a person’s values and interest is shown in the figure which is shown below. As indicated, front-line staff ( entry level and operations) must like dealing with people and possess a strong interest in providing them which high-quality service. Supervisors, managers, and entrepreneurs must possess additional values and interests that enable them to face the challenges of change as they attempt to meet the needs of a demanding and ever-shifting marketplace.

In the above figure, you can see some of the qualities of a food and beverage owner qualities. Similarly, there should be so many qualities of the owner of related field based on the tourism industry like: Accommodation and hotel owner, Tour and travel tour Bus line Owner, Attractions Amusement Park General Manager, Restaurant Manager, Hotel Manager, Tour Bus Line Manager, Director of Special Attractions, Maître D’, Assistant Executive Housekeeper, Superintendent if Bus Maintenance, Amusement Park Supervisor, Bartender, Operations Chambermaid, Tour Bus Driver, Operations Ride Operator, Food and Beverage Server, Entry Chambermaid, Ticket Agent, Entry Ride Operator etc. Those all the authorized people must have the qualities related to their own post because they all are the responsible person who is responsible for their duties on their concerned work. Some of the qualities of an accommodation and hotel owner are shown in the figure below:

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