Indian Tourism industry has witnessed a tremendous growth in last few years. In the era of globalization and liberalization, more and more people are becoming travel and tourism oriented. It has almost become a need for the masses, origination from the toughness of daily chores of life. One of the profitable side effects of this phenomenon is multiple new job opportunities in India. Many new people are joining the popular tourism courses. In fact, many youngsters who seek travel and adventure in life and oriented towards exploring new places, for them travel and tourism industry in India offers a lucrative career choice.
Indian education system provides various travel and tourism courses. Various graduate and postgraduate courses are available to aspiring students. Few of the courses are; Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism Management, Masters in Tourism, Diploma in Destination Management, Master of Tourism Administration, and Post Graduate Diploma in Travel and Tourism Industry Management. Masters in Tourism is one of the foremost courses in tourism education. Interesting point to note is most of these post Graduate programs are of one year duration. Though, few universities offer two years course as well. Like, Benaras Hindu University offers MA in Tourism Management which is a two year postgraduation course. Similarly, Himachal Pradesh University offers 2-year postgraduate program in Tourism Administration. With the growing popularity of tourism industry in India, more and more colleges and universities are coming up with numerous courses in travel and tourism.
