Have you ever thought of a career in the travel industry? Travel industry can be categorized into four categories, namely; travel by road, travel by railway, travel by water and lastly travel by air. In all the four categories there are massive career opportunities both directly and indirectly. The travel industry can also be further be categorized into two major groups, namely; local travel and international travel, thus further increasing the career opportunities within the travel industry.

Direct career opportunities in travel industry include vehicle drivers, conductors, train drivers, train driver assistants, ship captain & assistant ship captain, pilot & co-pilot, air hostess, tour guide, driver guide, site guide, local guide, tour manager, tour director, travel supervisor, booking officers, receptionists, accountants, finance managers, economists, receptionists, security officers, automotive dealers, mechanics, automotive engineers among many other jobs that are available at the many companies and organizations offering transportation services.

Apart from direct career opportunities offered by travel industry, there are so many other indirect opportunities associated with travel industry. The opportunities involve all the personnel involved in preparation of necessary documents that can facilitate movement of people internationally, for example, the officers involved in processing UK passport applications. These people entail all officers working at immigration office ranging from security guards, administrative assistants, IT officers, all the way to the directors and even the minister in charge of immigrations and foreign affairs.

Other opportunities related to travel industry include weather forecasting and monitoring departments which monitors and informs the air travels and sea travels on the weather conditions at the sea as well as the current atmospheric conditions, to ensure safety of people traveling by air and those traveling by water.

Other organization opportunities that are indirectly linked to travel industry include the Revenue Authorities that inspects and certifies all commodities received in the country either by road, by air or by water.

Traffic officers, the navy, marine officers, air force and all other parties involved in ensuring safety of people traveling, including nongovernmental organization officials involved in the rescue of victims of accident during their traveling mission.

Tourism industry is also closely related to travel industry to an extend that one cannot do without another. At such travel industry facilitates and creates most of the career opportunities found in tourism industry. The indirect career opportunities may include tour guides, hotel and restaurant assistants, and wildlife officers among many other opportunities associated with tourism.

Travel agents that negotiate for the cost and other requirement of traveling on behalf of travel companies also form important part of travel industry. Public relations officers who have the ability to talk to potential customers and convince them to use the facilities of any given company in travel industry and the marketers who popularize the services of a transportation company also form part of important careers in the travel industry.

In conclusion, travel industry is a very wide field that is related to many other industries that are also wide. Therefore, the industry offers a wide range of career opportunities both directly and indirectly that cannot be exhausted.