Hello,

Professionals working in the industry of travel and tourism are concerned with providing quality services to people who are away from home on a holiday or business. Candidates looking to pursue a career in tourism industry must have a love for travelling along with the hunger to learn new things and knack of staying up-to-date with the latest news as well as socio-economic trends of the world. 

There are many colleges and universities in India that offer undergraduate or postgraduate level degree, diploma, certificate, distance learning, and online courses in various sectors of travel and tourism. Some such sectors include tourism management, tour operation, airline management, airline ticketing, travel administration, etc.

Given below is generic travel and tourism eligibility criteria for UG as well as PG courses. It may be noted that the eligibility criteria might vary depending on the policies of the college/ university in which a candidate is applying.

Eligibility Criteria for Bachelor Degree Courses: Candidates should clear Class XII in any stream from a recognised board with a minimum aggregate percentage (usually 50% - 60%). 

Eligibility Criteria for Master Degree Courses: Candidates should clear graduation from a recognised institute/ university with a minimum percentage (usually 45% - 60%). Preference for admission is usually given to candidates who have proficiency in any of the foreign languages.  

Eligibility Criteria for Diploma Courses: Candidates should clear Class XII from a recognised board with minimum 50% - 60% aggregate marks.

Eligibility Criteria for PG Diploma Courses: Candidates should clear graduation from a recognised university with minimum 50% - 60% aggregate marks.

Eligibility Criteria for Certificate Courses: Candidates should clear Class XII from a recognised board with at least 45% - 50% marks.

Eligibility Criteria for Distance Learning/ Online Courses: Candidates must note that Travel & Tourism distance learning/ online courses are offered at all – degree, diploma and certificate levels. Therefore, eligibility criteria for distance learning programmes remains the same as mentioned above for different courses.

While experience is a significant factor to grow in the field of travel and tourism, there are endless job opportunities that candidates can avail in both private and public sectors after pursuing a course in the same. Some of the popular job profiles in travel and tourism are:

• Holiday/ Travel Agent: A travel agent evaluates the requirements of tourists and help them make the best possible travel arrangements. Many hotels and travel groups hire travel agents to sell their tour packages to clients. 
• Travel Executive: A travel executive is responsible for managing different aspects of a travel including transportation, flight booking, hotel accommodation, destination information, etc.
• Tourism Manager: A tourism manager promotes tourism in his/her region through different advertising strategies and campaigns. The manager also offers assistance to tourists of different cultures and traditions.
• Travel Officer/ Coordinator: A travel coordinator finds best prices on hotels, flights and rental cars; processes employee travel expenses, sets up corporate discounts with travel vendors, creates itineraries, etc.     
• Airlines/ Ground Staff: The ground staff plays a crucial role in areas such as commercial activities, running of airports, airline operations, etc. The job of ground staff is vast and include responsibilities such as inspecting, storing and transporting luggage; and stocking the aircraft with food and beverage items.
• Tourist Guide: A tourist guide helps tourists visiting different tourist places and provides them information on cultural, historical and contemporary heritage of religious and historical sites, museums and other places of interest.
• Transport Officer: A transport officer is typically appointed by a state government or local transport body to carry out activities like maintenance of the vehicle fleet, overseeing vehicle establishment programmes, certifying ground transportation budget etc.
• Travel Counselor/ Consultant: A travel counselor has the responsibility of providing complete guidance on travel to clients. A counselor ensures best travel deals for the clients.  
• Tour Operator: A tour operator is a professional who organises tours and manages the travel and stay of tourists. There are many companies which operate tours for domestic as well as international clients and thus require tour operators.    
• Travel Writer: A travel writer is responsible for writing an array of stories related to travel such as historical places, vacations, adventure, hotel industry, culture, etc

Hi Sir,

In today's time if anyone holds a degree/diploma in the field of eco-tourism then they can have a gateway to different good job opportunities.

Here is a list of job titles where one can work with an pg diploma in eco-tourism course:-

1.As an environment consultant 

2.As an tour guide 

3.As an educator 

4.As an park ranger

5.As an wildlife manager

6.In an NGO

7.In travel and tourism agencies; etc.

There are many more opportunities where obe can try to get a good salary as well as experience.

But, as you are around 60 years thatswhy you can try for the above mentioned jobs areas because you are not eligible to apply for government sectors.

Good luck. 

Hii aspirants

Yes you can go for tourism course after completing your bcom course.There are various courses available for tourism after bcom like you can go for mba in travel and tourism or mba is hospitality and tourism

But the minimum eligibility criteria for this is that you should have score at least 50 percent marks in any of the bachelor degree course

I hope my answer will help you out.

Good luck

Hi Rajesh,

To take admission in hotel management  for master courses or graduation you have to clear entrance exam taken by various colleges.you have to pass that exam to take admission.

Here are name of few entrance exam like:-

1.puthat

2.nchmjee

3.ipu cet bhmct

4.iihm echat etc.

Hope this will help you out .

Good luck.

Hii aspirants

Yes you can go for hotel management in tourism course after completing your b.com course.

There are some eligiblity criteria to go for hotel management that you should have passed your +2 from any recognised college of any board wit atleast 50 percent marksand the upper age limit is 22 years for doing hotel managment course and for sc/st upper age limit os 25 years

I hope my answer will help you .

Good luck

hello aspirant,

see mba in tourism is a 2 years course. you can give mat, xat, cat, gmat, nmat etc to get admission in mba in tourism. some top institute for mba in tourism is--

Pondicherry University

Loyola College, Chennai

Anna University, Chennai

Chandigarh University

JK Business School, Gurgaon

Hello Vinoth,

Can you please elaborate on what criteria you are willing to get admission in mba tourism.

Apart from that I am providing you the details related to the course:

Candidate must be a graduate from a recognized University or College

Eligible candidates need to appear for the Entrance test conducted by the college (AU ET).

• Group Discussion & Personal Interview (GDPI)

  Shortlisted candidates will be called for group discussion and personal interview based on marks obtained in the Entrance test conducted by the college.

• Final Selection

  Candidates are selected based on marks obtained in Entrance test and performance in group discussion and personal interview.

  Seats Info

  60Total seats

   Fees: 39000

Hello Krutika,

I am here to solve your queries but kindly mention the college you want, but i will still list down some colleges which offer Tours and Travels Management Diploma course :

• Thankyou , I hope it helped you, feel free to approach for further queries.

Hello,

I would like to share some information,

The exam paper will have a time period of 2 hours. The test will comprise of questions from topics such as:

• Aptitude
• Current Affairs
• General English
• General Knowledge
• Numerical Ability

The questions will be of the objective type. Each correct answer provided by the student will be awarded 1 mark and erroneous responses will entail deduction of 1/4 marks.

Admittance is done by way of the performance of the aspirants in the written test and Interview round. The exam pattern is quite similar in almost all the institutes.

Few Guidelines :

• Setting a comprehensive study Plan will aid the aspirants to achieve their goals without any hitch. The plan must be quite realistic and must be in accordance with the schedule as well as daily needs of the students.
• The plan must also be to cover the portions without any stress and also allot some time to rest.
• Also, awareness about the syllabus, the time limit and other detail will allow the aspirant to prepare themselves.
  
  

• The aspirants will need to plan their time sensibly. They can divide their study sessions and try to cover the difficult portions before they attempt the simpler ones.

• Creating a familiarity with the study material will help the students in their studies to a very great extend.

• One thing they must always remember is to never study for too long at a time. If they do so, that will increase their stress and they won’t be able to concentrate on anything.

  One other thing they must keep in mind is to study somewhere in a quiet and peaceful environment. Only then can they give attention to their studies. Another method they can follow is to work out model questions frequently. This will enable them to understand their strong and weak areas quite efficiently. Then can then focus on these portions.

  
  
  

Talking about the difficulty, it all depends upon your preparation level and dedication. if you are well prepared for it, it is going to be a cakewalk all the way, All the Best

Hello there,

Some of the top colleges of hyderabad offering hospitality tourism are:

• Institute of hotel management catering technology and applied nutrition
• Dr YSR national institute of tourism and hospitality management
• Dr BR Ambedkar open university
• Shri shakti college of hotel management
• Global institute of hotel management

You can check more colleges on the link below:

https://hospitality.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-hospitality-tourism-colleges-in-India?f%5B0%5D=sm_college_state%3ATelangana&f%5B1%5D=ss_google_city%3AHyderabad

Hope this helps.