This presentation is about various career opportunities for those students who are pursuing tourism and hospitality management course at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

1. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
FOR
TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS
SAURABH BHARTI
Hospitality Professional & Entrepreneur
Saurabhshankhyan@gmail.com

2. About Me…
Saurabh Bharti
• Basically from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
• Designation: Assistant Professor & MOOCS
Coordinator, UITHM Chandigarh University,
Mohali, Punjab
• Qualification: M.Sc. Airlines, Tourism &
Hospitality Management from IKGPTU Jalandhar
• Professional Experience: 5 years of teaching at
CU, ITFT Chandigarh, GCU Bengaluru, and
• 8 years of hotel industry in the front office at ITC
Hotel -The Sonar Kolkata, A Luxury Collections
Hotel, and Hotel -The Ritz-Carlton, Bengaluru,
India
• Hobbies : Reading, painting, gardening, travel
and listen to music
• Contact: +91-7087914787

3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• This module is an attempts to address the specific topics
relevant to individual career management domain
• Focus on the opportunities after graduation/post graduation in
tourism and hospitality stream
• Student will be able to identify and analyze different types of
opportunities available after graduation
• Remember, understand and apply appropriate knowledge
about the career management to manage their career

4. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

5. • There are many exciting jobs opportunities for tourism and
hospitality management graduates/post graduate with the increasing
competition in the industry and our country has a diverse portfolio
of niche tourism products
• Since this industry has many segments such as airlines, cruise,
hotels and resorts, restaurants, events management, retails and
consultancy, tours and travel, car rentals, research and training,
wellness, etc. there are variety of job positions at various levels
• One can opt for a field of their liking to pursue a career and
successfully grow in it
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

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8. TOURISM & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THROUGH FACTS & FIGURES
Forecasts that, by 2029, the travel and leisure industry
will account for 11.5% of the world’s GDP, while also
providing jobs for more than 420 million of us

9. INDIAN TOURISM & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THROUGH FACTS & FIGURES
Image Source – www.ibef.org

10. INDIAN TOURISM & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THROUGH FACTS & FIGURES
In FY20, 39 million
jobs were created in
the tourism sector in
India; this accounted
for 8.1% of the total
employment in the
country.
The number is
expected to rise by 2
% per annum to 52.3
million jobs by 2028.
According to WTTC,
India ranked 10th
among 185 countries
in terms of travel &
tourism’s total
contribution to GDP
in 2019.
During 2019,
contribution of travel
& tourism to GDP
was 6.8% of the total
economy,
Rs.13,68,100 crore
(US$ 194.30 billion).
Source – www.ibef.org

11. During 2019, foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India stood at 10.93 million,
achieving a growth rate of 3.5% y-o-y.
During 2019, FEEs from tourism increased 8.6% y-o-y to Rs. 2,11,661 crore
(US$ 30.06 billion).
In 2019, arrivals through e-Tourist Visa increased by 23.6% y-o-y to 2.9 million.
International hotel chains are increasing their presence in the country, and it will
account for around 47% share in the tourism and hospitality sector of India by
2020 and 50% by 2022.
INDIAN TOURISM & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THROUGH FACTS & FIGURES
Hotel and Tourism sector received cumulative FDI inflow of US$ 15.61 billion
between April 2000 and December 2020.
Source – www.ibef.org

12. • Travel agency/ tour operators/guide
• Restaurants/ Catering
• Events Management
• Airlines
• Cruise liner
• Railways
• Institutional/ Corporate
• Retail Chain Outlets
• Education, Research and training Development
• Media – print /electronic and social
• Sales and Marketing, HR, PR
• Hotels & Resorts
• Theme Parks/ shopping malls
• Health Clubs , SPA
• Sports
• Consultancy services
• Banking/Insurance/Customs
• BPOs/Telecom
• Defense and civil services
• Car rentals
• Real Estate
• IT Services
Local
India
Abroad
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

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20. Retail
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

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22. Tours & travels – online/offline
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

23. Education, Training, Research & Consultancy
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

24. Event Management
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

25. Media & Entertainment
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

26. SOME OF THE POPULAR INDUSTRY BRANDS

27. CAREER PLANNING
Discover
Yourself
Explore
Options
Make
Decision
Take
Action
Evaluate
the
Decision

28. CAREER PLANNING
Why you should consider career in Tourism & Hospitality Industry ?
Global Exposure & Learning Experience
Flexible & Fun to Work
Money
Dream Job
Return on Investment
Diverse & Excited Career Opportunities

29. CAREER ESSENTIAL SKILLS
• GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• GROOMING, HEALTH & HYGIENE
• COORDINATION SKILLS
• FLEXIBLE & ADOPTABLE
• ABILITY TO LEARN AND REMEMBER
• LEADERSHIP
• POSITIVE ATTITUDE
• ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM
• FRIENDLY & FIRM
• TECHNICAL SKILLS
• MANAGEMENT SKILLS
• TIME MANAGEMENT
• CONFIDENT
• SELLING SKILLS
• PROBLEM RESOLUTIONS
• PATIENCE
• ANALYTICAL SKILLS
• CONVIENCING SKILLS
• ENERGETIC, ENTHUSIASTIC
• PASSION, CARE
• CREATIVE/ INNOVATIVE
• KEEN EYE TO DETAILS

30. INDUSTRY : SALARY STRUCTURE
Salary – depends on job
profile and as per the level
of company and their
policies of area
96000/- per annum to
50 lakh or above per
annum

31. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS