Професії в туризмі

Like most service industries, tourism is labor-intensive; that is, it employs a high proportion of people in comparison to the number that it services. The range of jobs is also very wide, from unskilled to skilled.

A majority of the jobs in tourism have one common feature: contact with public, including both positive and negative aspects of dealing with ordinary human beings. Anyone who has chosen a career in tourism should enjoy working with people and be tolerant.

The tourist industry differs from many others as it employs more women then other kinds of business. Indeed, women are found at all levels. Many successful travel agents are women who have established independent enterprises after gaining expertise elsewhere in the industry. There are many different ways to acquire the necessary experience.

In addition to dealing with public, the travel agent must deal with deal with people who work for the other components in the industry. One of the most important aspects of the job is keeping informed of the highly complex pricing policies of airlines and the resort hotels.

The people who write about travel also receive lavish treatment from the tourist industry. There are relatively few travel writers, but they fill an important place in publicizing the industry.

Tour operators work much more within the framework of ordinary corporate practice then the small retail agencies do. They also employ a large staff to work on advertising and publicity.

Consulting firms also play a part in the tourist industry. A consultant offers the expertise he has acquired through study and experience to individual customers on a fee basis.

Perhaps the most distinctive and difficult job in the entire industry belongs to the tour guide or conductor. A tour guide is the person in charge of a tour pr an excursion. The terms are interchangeable but some people use “guide” to refer to the person who companies a sightseeing trip and “conductor” for the person who makes the travel arrangements.

Another distinctive job in tourism is that of a social director. The social director not only has to organize activities, he must also involve the willing and the reluctant guests in the fun and games. In addition to social directors, resorts employ people to supervise activities in which the resorts specialize.

Nowadays, tourism is an industry that is still growing rapidly. And of course, the final result will be a satisfied customer who remembers his trip with pleasure.

Хостели

There are not so many Youth Hostels in Ukraine and they are all not like the ones in the West. Hostel System by itself is not new for Ukraine, but hostels for tourists or Youth hostels are a pretty recent innovation (the first one appeared in 2003). They just now started to develop and more or less comply with the European standards.

Hostels of the Soviet type are widely spread in Ukraine and meant for the students, workers and their families. They look like the regular 5 to 9 storied buildings, more often without balconies. Typically they have a "corridor" structure, when rooms go both sides of the long corridor. There is usually one bathroom and a kitchen per floor. Some other hostels have a "block" structure, when there's one bathroom per block of two or three rooms. Maybe that is the reason why the newly reated Youth hostels look somewhere in between a hostel and a regular hotel. Sometimes they are just renovated and rebuilt from the Soviet type hostels or old Soviet hotels.

The prices for the bed are also quite high, taking into the account cost / quality definitions and comparing with the Eusropean hostels.

But still, this sphere of the Ukrainian hospitality industry just started to develop and needs more time and experience until it becomes on a level or at least close to the European one.

Nowadays there are lots of websites that offer a wide choice of accommodations, including hotels, hostels, guesthouses to browse online. It is always better to search for your accommodation earlier to avoid stress and find the right option that fits your budget and needs most. Also, do not forget to read some reviews of your fellow travelers to get information from first hand that will help you with your choice.