ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 10

Career trends and worldwide employment growth in tourism, travel and hospitality industry

  • Author:
  • Parul Mathur, Daleep Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • Page Number: 104 to 119

*Director, Pacific Institute of Hotel Management, Pacific Academy of Higher Education & Research University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

**Ph. D Scholar, Hotel & Tourism Management, Pacific Academy of Higher Education & Research University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Online published on 23 December, 2013.

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to highlight and find out the career trends and employment opportunities in the Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Industry globally. How the industry playing the role in the development of the particular country and helping to reduce the unemployment? How this industry encourages the educational institutes for the particular study and their growth? How the industry suffers and maintains the employment balance during the recession period and rise in rapidly after recession. Directly, indirectly and Induced globally breakdown of total employment in Tourism, Travel & Hospitality industry for the Year 2011. To highlight the growth of employment in the particular countries like USA, UK, EU including Belgium, India, China, Asia Pacific, Africa and Middle East from 2009 to 2012 and forecast for 2022 of direct and total employment in the hospitality industry.

Keywords

Tourism, Travel, Hospitality, Employment, Development & Growth