Identify opportunities to explore careers in the travel and tourism industry.
Identification should include careers (e.g., opportunities to perform a job at a destination/attraction) such as
- education
- culinary arts
- management arts
- entertainment
- service positions
- accounting
- sales/marketing.
Identification should also include listing job titles and their duties in two destination marketing areas (e.g., sports and entertainment destinations, cultural and historic sites).
Process/Skill Questions:
- What travel and tourism jobs require post-secondary education? What jobs do not?
- How do careers in travel differ from those in other career fields?
- What resources are available to learn about employment positions in the travel and tourism industry?
- How can an individual network through friends and family to identify career opportunities?
- How might relocation be an opportunity in the travel and tourism industry?