Career Path in Tourism Industry: Trends and Probability of Employment

Running Head: tourism industry 1
Communication skills
Student’s name
Course
University
Date

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Table of Contents
TOURISM INDUSTRY............................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
Career path in tourism industry...............................................................................................................4
Career experience in tourism industry....................................................................................................5
Probability of employment in tourism industry......................................................................................6
Wages.........................................................................................................................................................6
PESTEL ANALYSIS FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.....................................................................7
Labor market information........................................................................................................................8
Career objectives.......................................................................................................................................9
Career Approach in tourism industry...................................................................................................10
Conclusion................................................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................................12
TOURISM INDUSTRY

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INTRODUCTION
Tourism industry is my major area of interest as a student. This is because of the increasing
demands for accommodation needs by various individuals who move from one country to
another for various purposes (Assaf & Magnini, 2012).My dream is to become an accounting
manager in a hotel within one to two years after my graduation. As a manager, I will be
responsible for the accounting and financial management of the hotel. The key role will be to
manage the accounting department, procurement function as well as the hotel’s electronic data
processing .The main objective of this report is to outline my career path in Tourism industry and
discuss the trends on jobs in the industry. The report is also going to outline the probability of
securing a job in the hospitality industry once an individual is done with his or her study.
Currently I’m pursuing management and accounting in Algonquin College. The combination is
very marketable because as a professional I can work in any industry hence hospitality industry
is my choice because of been widespread in Canada. The report shall further outline the PESTEL
analysis of the tourism industry in Canada so as to ascertain some of the factors that might have
some impacts on the tourism sector.
Career path in tourism industry
Career development in tourism sector comes from experience and service training
(Law,Leung,Lo, Leung & Fong, 2015). As a result, I always work voluntarily in the hotel of my

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choice during my long vacations out of college. I will look forward to be a volunteer in tourist
organization that perhaps, guide the tourists who come to visit Canada in the summer time. As a
result of interaction with people from different backgrounds, I will tremendously improve my
social and communication skills.
This is very crucial because it enables me to gain practical experience which shall be very vital
in my future career in the tourism industry as an accountant. I shall be ready to work in any
department in the hotel because it is usually very challenging for an individual to enter into a
senior position after graduating. As a result, I usually request to learn how various departments
in a hotel function so as to be flexible once I enter the hotel industry. Most of the highly ranked
individuals in the hospitality industry started from the bottom line to high positions hence I
aspire to develop my career through the progression from a tour operator, travel and airline agent
to be a full manager in the hotel department. I have too much passion for travelling, accounting
and management. This has inspired me to focus my career on tourism industry which shall
enhance my job satisfaction and fulfilment. From my own perception, most of the skills that have
value in the business sector are relevant in tourism industry more so if the skills are applied
effectively.
Career experience in tourism industry.
During my period of internship, I will as an attaché in the accounts department in one of the
hotels in my country. As an accounting manager, I will be in charge of verifying assets as well as