Travel industry is one of the largest industries which provides employment and business opportunities across the world. The growth in the travel industry has been exponential in all respects. In todays scenario, every country is vying for space in different forms of Media to grab the attention of all kinds of travellers from a normal holiday maker to a business traveller. From the level of a simple housekeeping staff , driver to the ultimate position of a CEO ,travel and tourism industry creates opportunities. Thus any growth in the travel
and tourism industry will also augment creation of jobs in not only travel and tourism but also areas like horticulture, construction,handicrafts and more interlinked areas. In some countries it is a fully organised sector whereas in some countries it is being developed as such.

The categories of the industry are vast as there are many verticals where each of these verticals require a certain degree of competence and specialization for ensuring efficiencies in the processes which in turn enhances quality of services.

As India in the year 2010+ is looking towards a boom in all the fields , whereas other countries are still trying to recover from the Downturn , there is a huge opportunity for Indian travel companies as well as employment seekers to generate business volumes which will be comparable to any of the manufacturing industries.

Careerintravel bridges the gap between the employer and the employment seeker with an understanding of the nature of jobs that are defined in the travel industry. From the definition of a ticketing consultant , holiday consultant , product heads , B2B business heads etc , Careerintravel ensures that the right candidate fits into the right job.

The profile of candidates are scanned whereby time and money is not wasted and also we do not take a shortcut with our services to both clients , namely the employment seeker and the Employment provider.

Why we at CareerinTravel think that the Travel and Tourism Industry has a potential which cannot be measured on a normal scale. Please find below the key facts at a glance with regard to the Indian Scenario :

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The contribution of Travel & Tourism to Gross Domestic Product is expected to rise from 8.6% (INR5,532.5bn or US$117.9bn) in 2010 to 9.0% (INR18,543.8bn or US$330.1bn) by 2020.


Employment
The contribution of the Travel & Tourism economy to employment is expected to rise from 49,086,000 jobs in 2010, 10.0% of total employment or 1 in every 10.0 jobs to 58,141,000 jobs, 10.4% of total employment or 1 in every 9.6 jobs by 2020.

Growth
Real GDP growth for Travel & Tourism economy is expected to be 6.7% in 2010 and to average 8.5% per annum over the coming 10 years.

Visitor Export
Export earnings from international visitors and tourism goods are expected to generate 3.8% of total exports (INR519.7bn or US$11.1bn) in 2010, growing (nominal terms) to INR1,886.2bn or US$33.6bn (2.4% of total) in 2020.

Investment
Travel & Tourism investment is estimated at INR1,628.1bn, US$34.7bn or 7.2% of total investment in 2010. By 2020, this should reach INR6,137.2bn, US$109.3bn or 7.7% of total investment.

WORLD RANKING
The India Travel & Tourism economy is ranked number:
* 12 in absolute size worldwide
* 90 in relative contribution to national economies
* 4 in long-term (10-year) growth

Source :The above data is through a research conducted by World Travel and Tourism Council