Areas of tourism
This includes hotels, B&Bs, self-catering, camping and holiday homes.
Careers:
A career in accommodation offers the opportunity to move to different companies and even countries and also the potential for rapid career growth. Examples of jobs in this area include a receptionist, a reservation agent, a housekeeping supervisor, a sales assistant, or a B&B operator.
Courses:
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Food and Drink, or ‘Food and Beverage’ as it’s mostly called, includes restaurants, bars, cafes, night clubs and other places people eat and drink.
Careers:
Chefs, Bartenders, Restaurant Managers and Purchasing Officers are all essential to Food and Beverage businesses.
Courses:
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Hiking, biking, fitness, golfing, fishing, surfing, sailing, spa and shopping trips, adventure centres, bus tours – they’re all examples of holiday activities and all popular because Ireland is known to have beautiful mountains and coastal settings for activities.
Careers:
Careers include tour guides, sports instructors, spa therapists and many more.
Courses:
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This includes hotels, B&Bs, self-catering, camping and holiday homes.
Careers:
Hotel management is a career with considerable responsibility from early on and a lot of personal contact with staff and guests. Hotels can be fabulous, busy, business-like, affordable, full of kids, full of celebrities, sophisticated, traditional – or a bit of all of this. But they’re certainly never dull! Hotels never stop, and you’ll find yourself working long hours and wanting to go the extra mile simply because you love the job.
Courses:
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This includes government bodies like Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland, Department of Arts, Sports & Tourism; education and training bodies like the Institutes of Technology; retail operations like Kilkenny Design Centre.
Careers:
In this sector, people work as marketing assistants, project coordinators, tourist advisors, retail assistants, instructors, lecturers and technicians.
Courses:
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This includes conferences, meetings, concerts, festivals, weddings, family reunions, sports events like the Ryder Cup, the Special Olympics and Oxegen.
Careers:
Sales assistants, event coordinators, conference and banqueting supervisors, volunteer coordinators and catering assistants all contribute to making an event work.
Courses:
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Tourism & Hospitality Studies (2 years)
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Marketing specialising in Tourism (3 years)
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Event Management (3 years).
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Airlines, rail, coaches, cruise ships – how people get here and get around, but not just that – transport like train journeys or cruises are often part of the holiday experience themselves.
The ‘travel trade’ means tour operators and travel agents and their business is in planning and packaging tours or holidays that include transport, accommodation, meals, entertainment and entries to tourist attractions.
Careers:
Apart from drivers and technicians, transport businesses need cabin crew, catering assistants, administration assistants, food and beverage managers, reservations agents, sales managers and more.
Tour operators and travel agents need office-based staff such as travel and reservations agents and onsite staff such as holiday reps and tour guides
Courses:
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These are historical sites, heritage centres, museums, galleries, theme parks, distilleries, breweries and lots more.
Careers:
Some of the jobs in this area are as tour guides, trainers, area supervisors, zoo keepers, craftspeople, cashiers, marketing assistants and customer service agents.
Courses:
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