With many private airlines coming up this year, the tourism and airline industry will open up the job market for young graduates. Sources from the tourism industry forecast that the next 10 years will see India’s travel and tourism demand grow by 8.8 percent. This growth rate, they said, would be the highest in the world.
Sources from the World Travel and Tourism Council said that 10 million jobs would be created in the travel industry over the next ten years.
“The real impact is in terms of both direct and indirect jobs which is 24.4 million or 1 in every 17 jobs over the next few years. Last year tourism generated a total economic activity valued at USD 38.8 billion (Rs. 1,84.630) or 4.9 percent of the GDP,” they said.
They added that the investment here is estimated at USD 10.2 billion and the industry will see a significant rise in the coming years.
The industry needs trained hands and Kuoni-India Private Limited have taken the task of moulding graduates for the travel industry.
Kuoni Academy vice president I Kamal told this website’s newspaper that this was the first time that an MNC had set up a travel and tourism academy in Bangalore.
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