Job Requirements

Job Requirements

Are you suited to work in the tourism field? Do you like working with people? Can you provide leadership? Would you be genuinely concerned for a customer’s comfort, needs and well-being even if the customer might be rude and obnoxious? If you can answer in the affirmative, you can find a place in this industry. You have to like to do things for other people and work helpfully with them. If not, this is not the industry for you. Courtesy comes easily when customers are pleasant and gracious. But a great deal of self-discipline is required to serve every type of person, especially demanding or indecisive ones. In tourism, the customer might often change his or her mind. This requires patience and an unfailingly cheerful personality. Some of the qualities for the best candidate to work in the field of tourism are listed below:

1. You must have a pleasing personality.
2. You must lean towards the client and your work.
3. You must be trained and well known on this tourism field.
4. A candidate must be well groomed.
5. You must have leadership qualities.
6. You must have a positive attitude.
7. You must love to serve others i.e. your clients.
8. You must not have an aggressive attitude.
9. Always take care of the comfort and satisfaction of your client or customer.
10. You must have those courtesy qualities inside you.
11. You must have a proper sense of humor.
12. You must be physically fit. Etc.

You must also ask if you have the physical stamina required to carry out many of the jobs available. It is difficult to work long hours on your feet or to work in a hot, humid or cold environment. You might be involved in the pressure of a crush of people, such as at an airline ticket counter. A travel agency counselor must have keen vision, excellent hearing and well-endowed nerves. A large resort manager is constantly required to deal with sophisticated budgeting and investment decisions. The chief executive officer(CEO) of a major convention and visitors bureau must provide leadership to and coordinate the effort of a very diverse membership. Try to evaluate your physical and mental attributes and skills to determine if you can perform.

One of the best jobs in tourism is to serve therefore, one who is always happy serving peoples in their comfortable and satisfy them then he/she is suitable for the job in tourism. A person who can serve and always take care of their consumer or client is the one who is suitable for the job because tourism is all about the satisfaction of the clients. If clients are happy and satisfied then they will demand more service from the same company from where they have got a satisfactory serve and this act will be very beneficial the tourism company and it will run smoothly in the future path too. But if the person who is working in the tourism industry cannot give proper service to the client then they will not be satisfied, if they won’t be satisfied then they won’t return back to the same place or to the same company where they were served before. Because of this reason the concerned tourism industry/company won't be able to run smoothly in future as tourism is the field of consumer’s satisfaction and earns from the consumer’s demand. Because of those all reason one who is working in the tourism industry must know to serve the consumers and should always take care of the comfort and satisfaction of their consumer as a person must have to an asset for their company or organization, not the loss.

To enhance your chances of getting a job and deciding if you would like it, visit several types of tourist-related organizations. Because if you will visit there you can know about the vacancies there and if you are qualified as per the job requirements you can be hired and can work in the tourism-related organization and can do your dream job. But, before being working as a senior employee you must first do an internship under the seniors. In the process of an internship, you will learn many things, you have the experience of working, you know learn about the working procedure of the tourism organization. Watch the activities being performed. To have an internship you must first talk to managers, supervisors, and employees. Try to obtain an internship. Work experience means a great deal. Once you have had work experience, you can utilize those skills in a wide variety of tourism enterprise in any number of locations around the world. Being an experienced person your demand on the tourism industry will be in more demand. You can utilize all of your working experiences worlds widely and you can even start your own business in the future.

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