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What is Travel Industry

Who should join Travel Industry & Why

What kind of jobs are available in Travel Industry, In Tourism Industry, In Aviation Industry and in Hospitality Industry

What kind of growth one can get in Travel, Aviation & Tourism Industry

Importance of Communication Skills & Personality in Travel Industry

If I have worked in some other industry for 5 or 10 years then should I join Travel Industry or not. Can I join Travel Industry if I am older than 40 years of age

In this Article you will get answers of all the above mentioned questions

When we say Travel Industry then it covers lot of different kind of jobs and work. Please understand there is no difference in “Travel” & “Tourism” both are used as synonyms of each other, meaning of both the words is same.

Aviation is also part of Tourism Industry and Aviation includes Airline, Airports, Air Ticketing, GDS, IATA and Air Cargo

Here we have mentioned the most common type of jobs of Travel Industry which most of the people like to do or like to know about. We have divided them in 15 Categories to make them easy to understand:

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Job or Work of a Travel Agency or Travel Company

Jobs at Airports International & Domestic

Job of Pilots & Flight Crew, Air Hostess

Job of a Tour Guide or Freelancing

Jobs with Airline Offices

Visa related Jobs or Jobs with Embassies

Group Manager or Travel Manager or MICE Jobs, Event Management

Government Jobs in Travel & Tourism Industry

Teaching Jobs in Travel, Aviation and Tourism Industry

Jobs with Destination Management Companies, Suppliers, Tourism Boards like Australia Tourism, Switzerland Tourism Office etc

Jobs with Hotels & Cruises. Yes Hotels & Cruises are also part of Travel Industry

Travel Blogger, Travel Vlogger (who makes travel videos) or Travel Writer, Travel Host

Jobs in Travel Industry without the knowledge of Travel. Like accountants, advocates, receptionist, website designer, SEO & Digital Marketing Executive/Manager, Drivers, Foreign Currency Exchange Jobs, HR Manager/Executives, Sales & Marketing

Bus Booking, Train Booking Job or Business

Transportation Business Mainly providing buses or Taxi for Tourists

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Before we explain all the above mentioned Job Categories of Travel Industry we would like to answer a very common question that “why should you join Travel Industry & who should join”

Who Should Join Travel Industry & Why?

Anyone who likes travelling can get lots of opportunities to travel free of cost after working for few months & sometime instantly. This is one of the most important factor because of which people want to join Travel Industry. So that they can travel the whole world and at the same time they can earn good amount of money. So if you like travelling and if you want to travel free of cost then travel industry is the best industry for you

Travel industry is a very fast growing industry and it has high salaries also

This is one of the industry in which, those people can also get jobs easily and can earn high salary, who remain average in their studies or those who didn’t study Science & Maths. So this is an industry where people with less of theoretical knowledge can also work and grow more than doctors and engineers. At the same time this industry has lots of opportunities for engineers also. If a Science or Commerce student joins the travel industry then for sure they get to earn more than what they earn in other industries, moreover their jobs in travel industry are more interesting

Another reason as travel industry is all about practical work, going out, dealing with different people so those who do not like office jobs, for them it is a very good industry. At the same time the industry provides endless jobs for those who do not wish to travel and just like to remain in office. Like jobs related to operations of a travel company or air ticket issuance

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What kind of jobs are available in Travel, Aviation & Tourism Industry & what are the salaries & what kind of growth these jobs gives:

So below we are going to give you answers of above mention questions one by one in each category:

Job or Work of a Travel Agency or Travel Company

Travel agency & travel company are also having same meaning. Travel agency’s are divided in 3 parts: Domestic, Inbound & Outbound. Domestic travel agency are those which are making packages of their own country. For example if a travel agency makes & sales travel packages of only Goa, Kerala, Agra, Rajasthan and not of any international destination then they are domestic travel agency. Inbound is when they are making packages for foreigners visiting India. Outbound when travel companies makes travel packages for Indians who wish to travel abroad.

In travel companies the most common work are: Issuing Air Tickets domestic & international, booking hotels, making travel itineraries, constructing travel packages, providing visa & doing operations.

Those who learn only air ticket issuance so they also gets jobs easily and those who know only travel packages they also gets jobs. One who can do all the work will become the Manager & can grow to General Manager, Managing Director or can Start their own Travel Agency.

Usually an executive can start with the salary of Rs. 18000 per month, if he or she do good then after 6 months salary usually reaches to 24000 & after 1 year around 26000. After 2 years the same executive will become Assistant Manager & salary would be around Rs. 35,000 per month. After 6 years same person will become Senior Manager & Salary can be around 1,50,000 Per Month & after 10 years of experience the salary can be easily around 3,00,000 (three lakh) per month

Tip: Growth is Faster in Outbound Travel Packages. Most important knowledge for the growth is the knowledge of Travel Package Making and Destination Knowledge

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Jobs at Airports International & Domestic

Most common & easily available airport jobs are of Ground Staff. Mostly everyone starts as Ground Staff & on the basis of their performance they keep getting promotions & trainings. There are jobs on the basis of only 10th also and only on the basis of 12th also.

Other than this at airport there are jobs of issuing air tickets, issuing boarding cards, airport representative jobs, jobs in airport restaurants and shops and in duty free shops along with jobs related to security.

Airport even has lots of Government Jobs also. Like Customs and Immigrations and of Engineers and Technical Jobs.

To understand Airport Jobs in Hindi you can watch a video by clicking the given link: https://youtu.be/1b-4eVXB6vc

Starting Salary: 15,000 to 26,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 1 year of experience: 20,000 to 38,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 3 years of experience: 28,000 to 50,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 10 years of experience: 1,20,000 to 3,00,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: Join in young age as early as possible. Maintain excellent personality, learn air ticketing, foreign language and keep yourself away from Airport Politics and Bad Habits

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Job of Pilots & Flight Crew - Air Hostess

The best job of Aviation Industry (which is part of Travel Industry) is the job of a Pilot. These are very high paying jobs and provides maximum opportunities to travel the whole world free of cost and in minimum time. It is difficult to get these jobs because the courses are very expensive and number of jobs are less than available trained pilots. Pilot course will cost minimum 30,00,000 (30 Lakh). There are lots of government jobs also for Pilots

Starting Salary of a Pilot: 2,00,000 Rs./ Month (2 Lakh)

Salary after 5 years of experience: 8,00,000 Rs. / Month (8 Lakh) It can be more than that also

Tip: Do course only from Government Institute like: http://www.flywithgati.com/#about

Job of Air Hostess or Flight Crew

This is also a very good job of Aviation Industry. Right time to join is in the age of 21 to 23 after that it becomes difficult. If you are confident then getting this job is not difficult. Now there is no minimum height or weight criteria. This job is also going to make you travel a lot. Most of the airlines retire their Air Hostess/Flight Stewards/Flight Crew after the age of 35

If you want job of Air Hostess or Flight Crew then you would get to know of their interviews on Airline’s websites so keep visiting airline websites regularly

Starting Salary: 30,000 60,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 3 years of experience: 60,000 to 1,00,000 Rs. / Month (1 Lakh)

Salary after 10 years of experience: 4,00,000 to 7,00,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: To know more about Flight Crew Jobs visit: http://www.thetourismschool.com/how-to-become-air-hostess-or-cabin-crew.php

Never Join any private institute to do Air Hostess or Flight Crew Course. If you want to do course do from the institutes mentioned in the given link: https://dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?page=jsp/dgca/InventoryList/airOperation/training/cabinCrew/AppCCC.pdf

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Job of a Tour Guide or Freelancing

Tour Guides plays very important role in making tourist understand tourist destination and attractions. Even limited knowledge of a particular city can get you job of a Tour Guide. The only problem with this job is that now companies do not like to hire Tour Guides on Permanent basis, instead they pay them on day basis.

Tour Guides gets limited to one or few neighbouring destinations but they do not get to travel out of the country. So here it is important to understand who want to travel the whole world free of cost, should work as a Travel Manager and not like a tour guide. To understand difference in a Tour Guide and a Travel Manager watch the video by clicking the link: https://youtu.be/J8TXzhn34Hc

Per Day Earning in First Year: 500 to 1000 Rs. Per Day

Per Day Earning after 2 years of experience: 2000 to 4000 Rs. Per Day

Per Day Earning after 10 years of experience: 10,000 to 20,000 Rs. Per Day

Please note on an average a Tour Guide gets to work only 70 to 85 days in an year. This means if a tour guide earns 3000 Rs. Per Day and gets to work only 85 days then his yearly earning is: 85 x 3000 = 2,55,000 so effective per day earning is 699 Rs. and Monthly Earning is: 21000 Rs.

Tip: Concentrate more on history and keep yourself good looking and smiling

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Jobs with Airline Offices

Airline jobs are few best jobs of Aviation Industry which is part of Travel Industry online. Among this there are sales jobs also and even marketing jobs are also available. Those who want to work at the airports they also have lots of options and those who want 10 to 5 Job only 5 days working they can work in city offices. Usually every Airline staff gets minimum 2 free air tickets every year.

To work in an Airline one must have knowledge of Global Distribution System or Centralised Reservation System which are known as GDS and CRS. The best GDS are Amadeus and Galileo. Having pleasant personality and excellent communication skills are must to work with airlines

Starting Salary: 30,000 to 50,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 2 years of experience: 45,000 to 70,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 10 years of experience: 2,00,000 to 4,00,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: Learn Amadeus and apply for Airline City Office Jobs with international airlines

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Visa related Jobs or Jobs with Embassies

Having the knowledge of Visa Processing can get you job in any country of the world. These jobs are given by embassies, travel agency’s, visa agencies and even by Government Offices also. Practical Visa Course is provided by The Tourism School, detail of which is available at given link:

Visa jobs are more of office jobs and very less opportunities of travelling

Starting Salary: 18,000 to 30,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 2 years of experience: 30,000 to 50,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 10 years of experience: 3,00,000 to 5,00,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: Start your own Visa Business without investment and you can easily earn even 10,00,000 Rs. Per Month also (Yes 10 Lakh Per Month after some experience)

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Group Manager or Travel Manager or MICE Jobs, Event Management

This is the best job of Travel Industry. Not everyone can become pilot but yes anyone can become a Travel Manager. Job of a travel manager is to first organising the complete trip, doing all the bookings, making itineraries and finally travelling along with the tourists, groups, corporate and many time with highly influential people like Presidents, Directors etc.

This is a job which makes one travel the whole world free of cost in very less duration while staying in five star hotels. Only big travel companies would have vacancy of a Travel Manager. After working as a Travel Manager one can start their own travel company very easily

MICE stands for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions or Events. These are the reasons because of which lots of people travels in group. MICE group can not happen without a Travel Manager. Event Management is a small division of MICE so if you can work as a Travel Manager you can work as an Event Manager also

Starting Salary: 45,000 to 80,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 2 years of experience: 1,00,000 to 3,50,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 10 years of experience: 5,00,000 to 14,00,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: Learn Travel Package Construction if you want to become a Travel Manager

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Government Jobs in Travel & Tourism Industry

There are endless government jobs related to Travel & Tourism Industry. Like job in Incredible India, Jobs with Ministry of Tourism, Jobs with State Tourism Boards like Rajasthan Tourism Board, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Board, Kerala, Goa, Odisha etc. Jobs with government airlines like Air India, Jobs with Airport Authority, Jobs with government schools, colleges, universities to teach Tourism and Air Ticketing. Other than this Government operates their own Travel Agency like Balmer and Lawrie

So the government jobs are endless. For those who want to do government job related to travelling within Delhi for them the best option is to work with DTTDC which is Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation, then we have option with Archaeological Survey of India also and many more

Starting Salary: 60,000 to 90,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 2 years of experience: 80,000 to 1.25,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 10 years of experience: 3,00,000 to 5,00,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: Concentrate more on theory and less on practical if you want government jobs

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Teaching Jobs in Travel, Aviation and Tourism Industry

Now travel & tourism is taught even in schools also, many time from 8th class. Other than this the training of IATA, Amadeus, Galileo is given by lots of private institutes. So all of these Government, Semi Government, MBA Colleges, Institutes etc have lots of job openings for the teachers of Air Ticketing

There is only one institute in entire India which teaches Travel Packages, so more scope is in teaching Aviation, Air Ticketing and Hotel Management courses and these institutes provides lots of job opportunities

Starting Salary: 30,000 to 40,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 2 years of experience: 60,000 to 90,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 10 years of experience: 1,50,000 to 2,50,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: First work in a Travel Company if you want to become a good Teacher of Travel

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Jobs with Destination Management Companies, Suppliers, Tourism Boards like Australia Tourism, Switzerland Tourism Office etc

These are excellent jobs and high paying also and the good part is, these jobs are available even on the basis of limited knowledge also. Destination Management Company is known as DMC also, it means they are managing a particular destination. Like Hello Tourism it is a DMC dealing only in Turkey. DMC’s and Suppliers are same no difference and they deal only with Travel Agents and not with direct clients.

Similarly there are Tourism Boards of every region every foreign country. Like Switzerland Tourism Board, Canada, USA, Australia. They don’t do sales but they do only marketing and awareness exclusively of their own destination. Tourism Boards and DMC’s opens their offices in all the important countries to market their destination. So in each country they hire local people also. If someone want job in Switzerland Tourism Board then the person should have basic knowledge of Tourism and should have good knowledge of Switzerland, only on the basis of this knowledge one can obtain these excellent jobs. Along with this it is important that candidate should have excellent personality and communication skills.

Within the first 3 months of joining the job the candidate will get to travel to that destination. For example if Ram Kumar gets job in Switzerland Tourism Board then to provide him practical training the company will surely send to Switzerland. So free travel is guaranteed but this travel will be limited to Switzerland only

Starting Salary: 80,000 to 1,20,000 Rs. / Month + Excellent amount of Travel Allowance

Salary after 2 years of experience: 3,00,000 to 4,00,000 Rs. / Month

Salary after 10 years of experience: 15,00,000 to 25,00,000 Rs. / Month

Tip: As these vacancy’s are less and never advertised, mostly given on the basis references. So remain in Travel Industry, maintain excellent reputation with everyone and become an expert of your dream country

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Jobs with Hotels & Cruises. Yes Hotels & Cruises are also part of Travel Industry

Skills and qualification required for job in Hotels and Cruise-liners are same. The only difference is that in Hotels even those who are not good in English would get job but in Cruises having excellent command on English Language is mandatory. Even the kind of work is also same. Actually a Cruise is nothing but a luxurious resort on a ship

To work in Cruises or in Hotels one should do Hotel Management Course and not Travel Management. Yes even for job in cruises one should have knowledge of Hotel Management. In hotels freshers also gets jobs but in Cruises only those who have experience of working in hotels gets job.

A cruise executive earns 10 times more than a Hotel Executive. A cruise executive gets to travel the whole world and on the other hand hotel executive would have no or limited travel only

Starting Salary with Hotels: 8,000 to 18,000 Rs. / Month

Starting Salary with Cruise-liners like Royal Caribbean: 2,00,000 to 8,00,000 Rs. / Month

Salary in Hotels after 5 Years of Experience: 40,000 to 70,000 Rs. / Month

Salary in Cruise after 5 Years of Experience: 4,00,000 to 12,00,000 Rs. / Month

Salary in Hotels after 15 Years of Experience: 4,00,000 to 7,00,000 Rs. / Month

Salary in Cruise after 15 Years of Experience: 6,00,000 to 15,00,000 Rs. / Month or No Job because in Cruise-liners 90% staff is young only so old employees are forced to leave

Tip: Remain physically fit & join job or internship just after 12th

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Travel Blogger, Travel Vlogger (who makes travel videos) or Travel Writer, Travel Host

This is a kind of job which attracts people of every age and it has no age restriction even. Becoming a blogger or travel blogger or a writer is easy as there is no need of any specific training. One can learn most of the work by self study and trials. But it is important to understand the jobs on the basis of this knowledge are close to zero. All those who are doing this are doing their own work and and they are self employed. Most of the travel shows which you watch on Discovery or on TLC or on XP or on National Geographic their hosts are the producers also which you can read in the numbering or by checking on wikipedia. So first they invests lakhs and sometime crores of rupees and then they earn by selling the show

Earning in First Year: No earning only expense and hard work

Earning after 3 Years: 30,000 to 3,00,000 depending on quality of work

Earning after 10 Years: 10,000,00 to 50,000,00 only if your work is unique and outstanding

Tip: Do it only if you can remain consistent or else don’t waste your time

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Jobs in Travel Industry without the knowledge of Travel. Like accountants, advocates, receptionist, website designer, SEO & Digital Marketing Executive/Manager, Drivers, Foreign Currency Exchange Jobs, HR Manager/Executives, Sales & Marketing

There are lots of such jobs. So even those who are attracted towards Travel Industry and they do not have travel knowledge they can also get jobs in Travel Companies and even in Airlines. Like all the mentioned jobs are available with Travel Companies also with Airlines also, with Embassies also and with Hotels and Cruises also. So if you have studied accounting and you have worked in Accounts for 10 years but now you want to come in Travel Industry then finding job of an account head in Travel Company or in Airline is very easy. Yes if you are working in Travel Industry you will get opportunities to travel free of cost

Salary: Better than other industries

Tip: Maintain good relation with Travel Managers and you would get to travel more

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Bus Booking, Train Booking Job or Business

This is also part of Travel and Tourism Industry. The good part of this work is that anyone can get job in this with or without any training or qualification. Yes even those who didn’t do even 10th they can also get job of Bus Booking, Train Booking.

After working in this for few years like 4 to 6 years it is easy to start your own Bus Booking Counter or Office same is the process of Train Bookings. But IRCTC is going to close all small train booking agents so do not concentrate on that

Starting Salary: 12,000 to 15,000 Rs.

Tip: This is a very hard working job. Do it only for few years and start your own business

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Transportation Business Mainly providing buses or Taxi for Tourists

This is an excellent business. Without transportation division Travel Industry can not survive in any country. Even if the country has excellent rail network and air network even than Tourist Buses and Taxi are required. Jobs in this division are majorly for drivers.

This is majorly for those who want to do their own business. If someone has more money then they starts with multiple vehicles like buses, innova, mercedes every kind of vehicle. Who have less money they can also start with only one taxi for which even loan is also available.

Tip: Even if you have money first work in some Transportation Company as a Driver for minimum 2 years

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Importance of Communication Skills & Personality in Travel Industry? Is it Mandatory to have good command on English Language for getting job in Travel and Tourism Industry

Yes even those who can not speak in English can also get job in Travel, Tourism, Aviation and Hospitality Industry. But at the same time this is going to reduce your salary by approximately 20% in comparison to someone who is good in English. The right way to compensate this loss is to train yourself better than those who are good in English. So if someone who can not speak in good English but can do the practical work better than those who are good in English then such person will be able to to earn even more than those who are good in English Language.

In short Getting Job in Travel Industry is very easy without having the command on English language. Just concentrate on real practical knowledge of Travel and Tourism Industry

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If I have worked in some other industry for 5 or 10 years then should I join Travel Industry or not. Can I join Travel Industry if I am older than 40 years of age

Yes you must Join Travel Industry even if you have worked in some other industry because in Travel industry people are required of each work experience. So the work experience you have earned by working in any industry will not go waste and most of the time people can start with more salary than what they were getting in other industry as Travel and Tourism is a very high paying industry. Even after the age of 40 or even after the age of 60 also one can enter in Travel Industry by starting their own Travel Business or Travel Agency. India’s best and most practical course to Start Travel Agency is provided by one and only Travel and Tourism Institute www.TheTourismSchool.com find the detail of the course at given link: http://www.thetourismschool.com/travel-business.php

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