Career Opportunities in Food and Beverage Sector in Tourism Industry

Running head: TOURISM THEORIES AND PRACTICES
Tourism Theories and Practices
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Executive Summary:
The paper explores the career opportunities in the tourism industry. The paper is focused in
the food and beverage sector. The paper is able to evaluate the skills and competencies of the
managers of the chosen sector. Along with that, the paper provides a detailed description on
the necessity of the training and the type of training required for the managers. Apart from
that, the paper includes an interview session of an employee of the same sector in order to
assess the career with more detailed insights.

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Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Skills Required:..........................................................................................................................4
Training:.....................................................................................................................................6
Interview:...................................................................................................................................9
Questionnaire:........................................................................................................................9
Summary:.............................................................................................................................11
References:...............................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
The modern day business market is observed to get a strong opportunity to shift their
focus towards a new business idea which is the tourism industry. The tourism is a concept
that may be domestic or international, is preferred by people of all age. People across the
world is observed to conduct tours to other nations or states in order to fulfil their wish or
interest of knowing the new culture, society, and way of living of the residents. This helps the
tourists to get associated to the culture that they do not represent. Along with that it is
significantly helpful for the outsiders of the nation or the culture to get the chance to know
the new society or the culture. Apart from the general interest and the wish to know the new
culture or travel to new locations, the tourism has a much more to offer in the form of
business opening.
The modern day entrepreneurs are significantly focusing on the tourism industry as it
incorporates a number of business sectors like the Accommodation, Travel Services,
Attractions, Recreation, Transportation, Food and Beverage, Entertainment, Aboriginal
Tourism and Services Marketing (Murphy, 2013). Among the mentioned sectors the
transportation, food and beverage, travel services, entertainment and accommodation are
observed to be the most profitable. It is observed that the tourists usually spend in a
significant manner on these sectors. The chosen sector for the paper is the Food and
Beverage. The sector is observed to be generating significant amount of profit in the
Cranbrook region and the organization is observed to create notable employment in the
region (Ademola, 2014). The paper is focused in specifying the career opportunities in the
concerned sector and along with that it also describes the skills required for the chosen career.
Apart from that the paper is also focused in evaluating the necessary trainings for the chosen