Professional treatment of tourism major in New Zealand and skills favored by employers

New Zealand is an immigrant country, and there are a large number of skilled immigrants every year, and the policy of skilled immigration will also provide certain preferential treatment for international students. As long as international students have obtained a bachelor's degree or above from a New Zealand school and their major is immigration shortage, such as computer network management, accounting, and early childhood education, they can easily immigrate to New Zealand.

in 1995, according to the statistics of the Tourist Association, about 118, people worked in hotels, restaurants, shops, travel agencies and other related tourist agencies. With the annual growth rate of global tourism of 6%, by 21, the demand for employees in New Zealand's tourism service industry will reach 1,178,. Tourism is one of the pillar industries of New Zealand's economy. More than 15, people are engaged in industries directly or indirectly related to tourism, and about one in every 12 people who have jobs in New Zealand is engaged in tourism-related work. More than 2.5 million overseas tourists visit New Zealand every year, and domestic and foreign tourists contribute more than S $2 billion to the New Zealand economy every year. Many China students have seen the prosperity of the tourism industry, and they have entered colleges and universities to study tourism and hotel management courses. More and more China students have chosen to study hotel management in New Zealand. ?

Treatment of various tourism occupations in New Zealand: salary range of employees (NZ$) Remarks

1) About 1/3 of tourist guides are temporary workers

2) Travel agency consultants 5,3 25,-45,/year, and the annual salary of managers can exceed 6,

-4,/year, including local government information center personnel

4) The entry salary of tourism and hotel industry is about 18,-2,/year. After several years of employment, most people earn between 3, and 4,/year. The owners of restaurants, hotels and hotels have higher annual income.

Skills that New Zealand tourism employers value: According to the survey by the statistics department, employers value the following skills in addition to academic qualifications:

1) Local knowledge: Tour guides should know well about the places they introduce to tourists.

2) Customer service: Travel agents should be friendly and patient in dealing with customers, and they also need good sales skills.

3) communication skills: good communication and motivational skills are important skills for outdoor tour guides, because they may have to lead their clients through dangerous situations

4) organizational skills: organization and planning are essential for many tourism jobs

5) knowledge of other ethnic cultures: it is very important to understand different cultures. In many tourism jobs, you will meet people from all over the world.