The tourism industry offers an enormous choice of jobs for those who are suitably qualified. The World Travel and Tourism Council in their Blueprint for New Tourism (2003) described travel and tourism as ‘one of the world’s largest industries, responsible for 200 million jobs and over 10% of global GDP’. But what are your chances of getting a top job? In the summer of 2003 one of the editors attended a meeting to discuss the possibilities of a major training scheme for employees in the travel and trade industry. Those present were mainly senior members of the Personnel or Human Resources Department of major players in the.
