The Ministry of Tourism has announced that the booming hospitality industry will have an additional manpower requirement of 2.03 lakh during its 12th plan period. The Ministry proposes to achieve this through expansion of institutional infrastructure; broad-basing of hospitality education; skill up-gradation and certification of service providers; skill development through short duration courses, through hotels and in niche and other products.
Addressing a conclave on Furthering Quality Capacity Building in Tourism-2012, Sanjay Kothari, Special Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, pointed out,
“The focus of the private sector should be on short duration courses; introduction of hospitality as vocational subject at secondary education and synergy of efforts with other ministries and organisations of Government of India and state governments.” The 12th Plan (2012-17) envisages a growth of 12 per cent per annum in inbound and domestic tourists. The current initiatives and the ones proposed are expected to generate 25 million additional direct and indirect jobs in the country. On the occasion, Kothari also released the FICCI-YES Bank theme paper Furthering Quality Capacity Building in Tourism which emphasised that tourism sector touches a wide value chain, and it is imperative that investments into, and benefits garnered from the sector, spread out more widely and efficiently amongst the populace, thereby acting as a strong socio-economic enabler. “The conclave aims to focus on furthering quality capacity building in four key and ground level elements for the tourism industry, namely tourist guides, taxi drivers, hotels and restaurants and tour operators and travel agents,” Sidharth Birla, Vice President, FICCI, said in a report by India Education Diary. “The hospitality sector is comparatively better developed with many training Institutes in place. However, capacity building needs to be institutionalised for emerging options such as budget hotels, serviced apartments and restaurants and hotels in the unorganised segment, to improve service levels,” he added.
Click here to see the original article>“The focus of the private sector should be on short duration courses; introduction of hospitality as vocational subject at secondary education and synergy of efforts with other ministries and organisations of Government of India and state governments.” The 12th Plan (2012-17) envisages a growth of 12 per cent per annum in inbound and domestic tourists. The current initiatives and the ones proposed are expected to generate 25 million additional direct and indirect jobs in the country. On the occasion, Kothari also released the FICCI-YES Bank theme paper Furthering Quality Capacity Building in Tourism which emphasised that tourism sector touches a wide value chain, and it is imperative that investments into, and benefits garnered from the sector, spread out more widely and efficiently amongst the populace, thereby acting as a strong socio-economic enabler. “The conclave aims to focus on furthering quality capacity building in four key and ground level elements for the tourism industry, namely tourist guides, taxi drivers, hotels and restaurants and tour operators and travel agents,” Sidharth Birla, Vice President, FICCI, said in a report by India Education Diary. “The hospitality sector is comparatively better developed with many training Institutes in place. However, capacity building needs to be institutionalised for emerging options such as budget hotels, serviced apartments and restaurants and hotels in the unorganised segment, to improve service levels,” he added.