Nowadays, tourism and travel is a sector that has gained more importance and many countries focus on this sector since this sector can bring more revenue to the nation by way of visitors. Not only revenue, the courtesy shown by this sector attracts more and foreigners to a nation for visiting some of the top places in the nation. Therefore, candidates with required qualification in effective management of tourism are in great demand these days. Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Travel Management is a course that prepares candidates for effective management of tourist sector and in most of the cases, the course extends to a period of one-and-half years. PG Diploma course in Tourism and Travel Management is being offered by only a few colleges in India and only a single government institution offers this course and its details are given below:

• Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior

About Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior:

This institute, which is working under the Ministry of Tourism of Indian Government is specially meant for offering tourism and travel management courses and this institute is having its main campus in the city of Gwalior and branches at Bhubaneswar, New Delhi, Goa and Nellore as well.

About the course:

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is a programme of Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management and this course is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. The course is equivalent to MBA and this course focuses on management of travel and tourism.

Eligibility requirement:

Candidates seeking admission to the course will have to possess UG Degree in any discipline securing not less than 50% of aggregate marks from a recognized university. Marks required for reserved category candidates is 45% of aggregate marks in the qualifying examination.

Admission:

Admission of students to the PGDM (Tourism and Travel) is done through an admission process with a value of 100 points. As far as weightage for admission is concerned, 70% weightage is given to performance of candidates in centralized All India Admission Test, while 30% weightage is offered to personal interview and Group discussion with each carrying 15% respectively. The intake capacity of the institution for this course is 60 students per year and there will be reservation for PH/SC/ST candidates according to the rules of Indian Government.

Subjects offered in the course:

The PGDM (Tourism and Travel Management) course is divided into four semesters and some of the subjects covered in the course are:

• Business English

• Fundamentals of Computers

• Travel Agency Management

• Tourism Products of India

• Transport Management

• Tourism Marketing

• Geography and International Tourism

• Management Concept & Organizational behavior

• Tourism concepts and impacts

• Business communication and personality development

• Human resource management

• Research methodology

• Information technology on tourism

• Tourism Economics

• Accounting and Finance Management

• Tourism Policy, planning and development

• Entrepreneurship development

• Sustainable tourism development

• Contemporary issues

Objectives of the course:

PG Diploma in Management with specialization in Tourism and Travel Management aims at preparing graduates for taking up job placement in business organizations or to enable them to go for self-employment. The objective of the course is summarized below:

• To enable and equip learners to start a new travel or tourism related business venture

• To enable them to learn principles and practice of management particularly in travel and tourism companies

• To introduce and train specially for management of travel and tourism business among others

• To enable young learners to develop a sense of business and to sensitize them with nuances of tourism scenarios

Therefore, after completion of PGDM TT course, candidates will be prepared to face the real world scenario.