What professional category does tourism management belong to?

The tourism management major belongs to the management category.

The tourism management major belongs to the management category. Tourism management major is a new discipline established with the development of my country's tourism economy and tourism industry. In China, this discipline has only been around for more than 20 years, but it has become an important subject department in the management discipline system. Tourism management has been juxtaposed with business administration and is a first-level discipline under management.

This major cultivates front-line service and management professionals who adapt to the needs of tourism enterprises and institutions in the new situation. They have professional knowledge of tourism management, good ideological and moral quality and comprehensive quality, and have strong comprehensive professional abilities. and development foundation, and are senior professionals who can engage in tourism management work in tourism administrative departments, tourism enterprises and institutions at all levels.

Employment directions for tourism management majors:

1. Tourism administration department.

Employment in the tourism administrative department must be through civil servant examination. The specific process includes online registration, on-site registration, written examination and interview, physical examination and list announcement. Employment units include provincial, municipal, and county tourism bureaus and their affiliated enterprise units and public institutions. The specific positions of each unit are determined according to needs. Please refer to the civil servant recruitment brochure for that year.

2. Travel agency.

High-quality tourism industry practitioners are needed in all functional departments of travel agencies, such as: business department, planning and adjustment department, reception department, tour guide department, external relations department, etc. Among them, planning, reception, tour guide and external relations are the employment directions of most of our students.

3. Travel consulting company.

The main business of the travel consulting company includes: outbound travel consulting, domestic travel consulting, travel intermediary, business inspection consulting, immigration and study abroad consulting, agency booking of hotels across the country, etc.