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Sir i am pursung pgdm travel and tourism from the iittm gwalior, but i want to know about the scope of the course

Tourism sector in India has the good largest revenue earning industry.So Obviously students can find the good number of employment opportunities in this field,which interms tell about the scope of this Tourism sector.Some of the short term courses are also available in the filedssuch as Foreign languages,Railway Ticketing,Airlines,Tour operation management and Tourism planning and more.So depending the college you pursue there courses can be done after 10th or 12th class accordingly.

Various courses such as Diploma courses,Bachelor undergraduate course,Post Graduate courses and more.Where diploma courses lasts for 1 to 2 years of duration. and the Bachelor Degree is of 4 years course and the Post Graduation course will be of 2 years duration.If you still want you can even go for the Master in Philosophy as well as Doctor level courses.You can go for the Post Graduate Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management.These courses are offered by the Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management(IITTM).

Some of the Certificate course in your field are Health Tourism,Event management,Customer Services,Adventure Tourism and more.As you are asking about the Post Graduate Diploma course you may go for the Logistics,Transport Economics,Airlines management,Tour Operation,Event Management,Cargo Operation as well as Travel Management.Other than these courses some of the post Graduate courses are Tourism Administration,Health Tourism,International Tourism and more.

The minimum age for the Undergraduate course is of 17 years and the maximum can be of 20 years.And for PG course only Bachelor Degree is needed.Some of the Institutes offering this courses are,

* Avalon Academy ,New Delhi
* United Mission Junior and Degree College,Bangalore
* Sir Vithaldas Thakersey College of Home Science,Mumbai
* Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management,New Delhi,Nellore,Goa,Bhubaneswar
* Department of Tourism Hospitality of Heritage Studies,Jamia Milia Islamia University,New Delhi and more

Post Graduate courses and more courses lasts for 1 to 2 years of duration. and the Bachelor Degree is of 4 years course and the Post Graduation course will be of 2 years duration.If you still want you can even go for the Master in Philosophy as well as Doctor level courses.You can go for the Post Graduate Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management.These courses are offered by the Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management(IITTM)