M.Phil. (Tourism) Course Jobs, Careers, Companies, Salary trend and Packages 2024-2025

India being a diverse nation in terms of topography, history, traditions and language, the scope for travel and tourism is extensive. As a result, career opportunities in travel and tourism areenormous and the industry givesa variety of job options for professionals with suitable education. If you have a delightful personality and fervor for seeing new places, career options in this industry are huge.

Some of these top recruiters are:-

Thomas Cook,
Cox & Kings,
Indian Railways Catering and Ticketing Corporation (IRCTC),
SOTC Travel,
Make My Trip,
Le Passage to India Pvt Ltd,
Snow Leopard Adventure,
Pearls Tourism

After completion of this course an individual can work in various profiles as mentioned below:-

Designation	Job Description
Travel Consultant	A travel consultant has to take care of both National and International reservations & Ticketing, bookings, records, handle complaints, refund, cancellation etc.
Assistant Professor/ Lecturer	The person is responsible for teaching students; score assignments and develop lesson plans. The person also works with students in the formulation and implementation of research.
Travel and Tourism Manager	In this job profile a person has to take care of International queries, operation & sales team, prepare itinerary and packages, associate with new travel agent and hotels, deals with suppliers and lead team.
Tour Executive	An individual is responsible for making calls to potential&allocated customer, calling travel agency owners and explaining product features, producing leads & follow-ups with the customers.
Medical Tourism Case Manager	In this job profile a person has to plan patient’s medical treatment and travel booking; coordinate with Indian office for suitable medical views, arrangelodgings and ground transfers, ensure that the patient experiences a smooth travel, provide patient updates to family members and promote services to the doctors and hospitals.
Sport Tourism Manager	An individual is responsible for developing tactical relationships with various sport organizations, maintaining database, producing content for e-newsletters, responding to requests and inquiries, collecting information and relevant updates, generating leads, coordinating with team, execute the strategy of the company, ensuring superiority and correctness of sport tourism content, preparing reports and presentation.

M.Phil. Tourism: Salary Trends

The tourism sector of India is one of the major revenue earning business in the nation. According to a report by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, about 5.78 million international tourists visited India during the year 2010, which was 11.8% more than that in the year 2009 which means revenue generation and employment opportunities increased during this year.
The Tourism sector of India has grown at 11.7% Compound Annual Growth Rate over the period 2011-12 to 2014-15. With the current rate of growth, the industry is expected to generate as many as 13.45 million jobs throughout the different sub-sectors of Tourism and Hospitality industry. In lieu of this development, a higher degree in Tourism is bound to secure a lucrative position in the industry. M.Phil. degree holders in Tourism are also valuable assets for companies which conduct researches and surveys in hospitality trends.
The graph below explains the current salary trend for different profiles in the Indian Tourism and Hospitality industry

M.Phil. Tourism Salary