What is the hottest job group in the tourism industry?

According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the average number of international visitors to Vietnam increases sharply each year. However, there is a large shortage of qualified labor to serve this industry.

In recent years, many universities and colleges across the country have opened many majors related to tourism with the desire to meet market demand.

The tourism industry offers many job opportunities. (Illustration photo)

Below are some of the hottest job groups in the tourism industry today, bringing in high incomes:

Tour guide profession

This is one of the first jobs that many people think of when talking about the tourism industry. The main job of a tour guide is to welcome guests and organize tourist activities upon request.

In addition, tour guides are also the ones who introduce tourist destinations, manage food and accommodation, and handle any incidents that occur during the trip to ensure the safety of tourists in their group.

The salary of a tour guide is quite high. For domestic tour guides, the fixed salary ranges from 7,000,000 - 10,000,000 VND/month. In addition to the fixed salary, tour guides have additional income from commissions and tips from customers.

International tour guides have higher income, ranging from 15,000,000 - 30,000,000 million/month, not including tips from tourists and company bonuses.

To pursue a career as a tour guide, you can study Tourism and Travel Services Management at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi). This year, the school has a benchmark score of 25.5 points for block A01, 26 points for block D01 and 26.4 points for block D78.

In addition, you can also study at the University of Economics (University of Danang) in Tourism and Travel Services Management, with a standard score of 24.5 points (blocks A00; A01; D01; D90).

Tour operator profession

Tour operator is one of the tourism professions that attracts a lot of attention from young people today. The main task of a tour operator is to manage tour guides to receive information and tour programs from customers' requests.

For problems that arise during the tour, tour operators will coordinate with relevant departments or agencies to resolve them. Although working in an office environment, the position of tour operator is subject to a lot of pressure, so if you choose this career, please consider carefully.

The tourism management profession is being trained by many schools, however the major directly related to this job is still Tourism and Travel Services Management. You can study at the following schools: University of Commerce, National Economics University, Can Tho University.

Tourism management profession

Similar to the tourism operation profession, the tourism management profession mainly works in the office with reports, projects and files. Besides, they are also responsible for meeting partners, attending seminars.

In addition, people doing this job need to regularly visit and survey as well as learn from other units to apply knowledge to their business. This is the job of people with management capacity as well as deep understanding of tourism.

Starting salaries for tourism managers can range from 10 million to 20 million VND/month. With experience and higher titles, salaries can exceed 20 million VND/month or more.

In 2023, some schools are training majors that can lead to tourism management after graduation, such as: University of Commerce with Tourism and Travel Services Management (25.6 points); University of Tourism (Hue University) with Tourism (16 points), Business Administration (16 points), Tourism and Travel Services Management (16 points); University of Economics (Da Nang University) with Tourism and Travel Services Management (24.5 points).

Travel accounting profession

When it comes to the profession of travel accountant, many people feel strange, but this is one of the hottest jobs in the tourism industry today. The main job of a travel accountant is to plan and budget expenses, estimate budgets, and control expenses in tours.

In addition, this profession also has to create a list of tourists connected with service providers to create reports on costs, tour efficiency and tax settlement of the business at the end of the period.

For travel accounting, you do not necessarily have to study majors related to tourism, when studying accounting you can still work in this field.

Tourism Marketing Staff

Tourism Marketing staff also belong to the job groups in the tourism industry. The main job of this profession is market research. They are the ones who meet the right products, gain high profits while minimizing unwanted risks.

The nature of the job of a tourism marketing staff is to frequently travel to be able to deal with customers as well as partners, so it requires you to be dynamic, have good communication skills, and an open personality.

Currently, there are many majors that can help you work as a tourism marketing staff. In 2023, Hanoi University of Culture will recruit 4 majors: Tourism - Tourism Culture, Tourism - Travel, Tour Guide, Tourism and Travel Services Management and Tourism - International Tour Guide, with the standard score ranging from 24.41 - 31.5 points. In which, the major of Tourism - International Tour Guide takes a score of 40.

Some other professions related to tourism

In addition to the above tourism industries, you can also refer to some other tourism-related industry groups such as:

Staff working on cruise ship
Waiter, Kitchen, Bar
Customer care
Maintenance, research on tourism, teaching in tourism training institutions…
Interpreter
Event organizer
Tourism research

Currently, there are many schools nationwide that train these groups of professions. You can refer to the curriculum and information of some schools such as: University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Hanoi National University), Hanoi University of Culture, National Economics University, School of Tourism (Hue University), University of Economics (Da Nang University).

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