- The battle field for talent hunt is in operation. For a long time new travel & tourism industry facing scarcity in well-trained talent & this is going to intensify further. since the same talent pool is going to be targeted by new emerging industries – BPO’S to give an example.
- If the travel & tourism industry is to grow & increase its contribution to GDP, we need to generate a huge talent pool which can take the Indian Travel & Tourism Industry to the higher level.
- The talent issue needs to be at two levels. One at the grass root level here we need to create infrastructure by working with training institutes to revamp the curriculum that will meet the changing needs of the industry as it evolves to face the challenges of the new economy and more informed and demanding travelers.
- At the other end, we need to look at creating future leaders from the talent pool that exist with in the industry by training them regularly to upgrade their skills which will enable them to face new challenges with confidence and lead travel & tourism industry to higher levels.
