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Tourism contributes to a large extent in the economy of Agra. Agra has some of the finest Hotels and Spas in India. Agra hotel & travel sector gives lots of employment
options to many service minded youth in hotels, restaurants, food retailing companies
of Agra. The job vacancies in this category include chef jobs, cook jobs, waiter
jobs, hotel management jobs, restaurant management jobs and food retailing jobs.
There are numerous hotel employment opportunities in Agra that includes Sales Jobs,
room booking jobs, travel guide jobs with hotels as well as the counter manager
job openings.
The working in the Travel and Tourism industry is all about making traveling an
enriching and enjoyable experience for every individual by providing quality services.
If aspirants have a pleasant personality, excellent language and communication skills
and knowledge about travel through personal experience - this probably is a great
career option for them. This industry is the largest foreign exchange earner and
it provides employment to millions of people. Hence the industry has a number of
career options to offer and the scope of employment is unbounded. Employment opportunities
exist in both the public and the private sector in this industry. In the public
sector, one can work in the Directorates and Departments of tourism of the center
and the state, guides etc. In the private sector one can secure a job in a travel
agency, hotel, airline, transport agency or a cargo company. Aspirants can move
up their career ladder fast and establish themselves securely. Here are few job
profiles related to this industry-
Travel Agent in a Travel agency: The job of the travel agent is to
facilitate travel and other services for all individuals traveling for vacations
or business purposes. Providing information about the destination, hotel ratings,
the cheapest and the fastest mode of transport, visas, foreign exchange etc. is
the job of a travel agent. Travel agencies are divided into roughly four departments-
the Accounts, Tours, Travel and Cargo. Aspirants can get into desired profile as
per their qualifications and capabilities.
Tourism Department: This department consists of reservation and counter
staff, sales and marketing staff, tour planners, tour guides, information assistants
and officers in the Directorate and Department of tourism. These officers for the
Directorate and Department of tourism are chosen from the civil services and their
job is to promote and plan tourism. Information assistants provide knowledge concerning
destinations and plan itineraries. They are selected through a competitive exam
which is held by the Staff Selection Commission. Guides too are divided into three
categories namely regional, state and local. In order to be a guide, you must have
knowledge about history, art, architecture and language.
Hotels staff: Hotel industry requires skilled and professional individuals
and its manpower requirements are vast. Jobs related to front office, operations,
house keeping, food and beverages, accounting, management and public relations are
available. A course in hotel management would help the aspirant in getting a suitable
job.
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