Is a travel & tourism career still attractive? Important things to understand in 2025
Is a travel & tourism career still attractive in 2025? What is the most important thing that a young person should understand before embarking upon a career in tourism?
And that is your “GT” Insight Bites challenge. Write up to 300 words about the question in the comments at any time. [The deadline for free copy editing, layout, and preview in time for the “GT” Insight Bites compilation is May 18, 2025. E‑mail [email protected] with no more than 300 words, your picture, and your status / occupation / job title.]
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Map image with symbols by Harish Sharma (CC0) from Pixabay. “GT” added the question: “So, you want a career in tourism?” and the year “2025”.
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- What does it mean to be critical of tourism?
- What constitutes ‘progress’ for travel & tourism in 2024?
- Considering a career in tourism? Important things you should know in 2024
- What did tourism learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
- In 2024, what are the best opportunities for tourism over the next five years?
- Tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2028
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- On enrichment, repatriation, the double-edged blade, and war
- On tourism technology, progress, and local benefit-sharing
- Hey, travel & tourism, are you ‘neocolonialist’?
- Who’s the new boss? Asia Pacific tourism industry association seeks leader
- ‘The hospitality industry offers a great career.’ Really?
- Cruise ships: Blessing or blight?
- Tourist vs traveller: What’s the difference?
- The heads of finance, operations, and PR walk into their boss’s office …
- Yes, Tourism Minister
- What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years?
- ‘Tourism is built on the backbone of white supremacy’. What do you think?
- Really, what’s the difference? ‘Sustainable tourism’ vs ‘regenerative tourism’
- Want a career in tourism? Important things you should know
- Diverse perspectives on travel & tourism and a fairer world
- Diverse perspectives on economic degrowth and tourism
- Diverse perspectives on visitor dispersion
