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    Travel and Tourism Schools

Travel and tourism is one of the most sought after fields for building attractive careers. With travel and tourism degrees and diplomas one can build a successful career as a travel agency manager, tour manager or tourism officer. These qualifications will also help you find job as an event organizer, hotel manager, or customer service manager in the tourism field. Companies dealing with currency exchanges, different modes of transport, hotels and other accommodation facilities, places of tourist attraction such as museums and theme parks, and event organizers have job openings for those qualified in the field of travel and tourism.

There are a number of institutions offering courses to train you for careers in this field. Courses differ in their duration, focus, intensity and also in the components incorporated. For instance, you can choose to have courses with an internship which will give you hands-on experience in the field. The shortest courses available are, of course, certificate courses. They can be useful in themselves or can be supplementary to a degree or post-graduation, to specialize in a particular aspect of travel and tourism, to refresh your skills or improve your knowledge and experience.

Some certificate courses focus on communication skills and even teach foreign languages. There are courses that particularly focus on making you efficient in the field of customer service. Through certificate courses, you can also acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to be a travel or tourism consultant. Certificate courses are comparatively less expensive and less time consuming and hence apt for those looking to quickly enter a career. The basic qualification required to join these courses vary. Not all certificate courses require a graduation. There are plenty of courses for those with tenth or plus two qualification. For the young it will be a chance to get early career orientation and for the more mature students, these courses can make career changes easier and more viable.

If you are looking for courses with practical training, it might be better to go with a diploma. Many one year diploma courses include 6 months of classroom training and 6 months training in the particular field, for instance, at a hotel, airport or travel agency. You can also go for 6 month diplomas which often have a one month internship as part of the course. If you already have experience working in the travel and tourism field, you can choose one of the diplomas that focus completely on classroom teaching. Diplomas are available in areas such as spa therapies, spa management, air cargo management, aviation hospitality, computer reservation system and tourism business management.

You can also find universities and other educational institutions offering degrees and post graduation courses in travel and tourism. Bachelor degrees are usually three year courses.They may be in tourism, travel and tourism, travel industry management or business management.Campus interviews and job placements are a typical feature of these degrees.MBA in travel and tourism is one of the most popular post-graduation courses in the field of travel and tourism.Some institutions such as Amity Institute of Travel and Tourism,Pondicherry University,and Christ University offer PhDs in tourism management.While a postgraduate degree takes two years,postgraduate diplomas are one year courses.There are also distance learning and online courses available for those who are not in a position to opt for full-time classroom education. Qualifications and experience in travel and tourism will open up for you career opportunities across the world.