Travel and Tourism Ch. 3 & 4|Questions With Correct
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Airlines - ✔️- Major travel industry employers—from entry jobs, flight crews, to skilled
technical, service, and managerial positions.
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Career Path - ✔️A concept that includes the whole range—beginning to executive type
positions. It starts with needed formal education, internship and summer jobs, then
increasingly responsible jobs leading to the top
Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVB's) - ✔️A growing employment field, as more
and more communities are establishing such tourism promotion organizations. These
require directors, managers, marketing research and marketing specialists, public
relations people, and reception-clerk type employees
Cruise Line - ✔️This is the fastest-growing segment in tourism. Jobs include sales
reps, clerks, market research specialists, and recreation directors
Gaming - ✔️The action or habit of playing games of chance for stakes
Internship - ✔️Supervised practical experience (as in a hotel or resort)
Meeting Planning - ✔️somewhat newer and certainly growing profession. Requires
expertise in detail and anticipating the group's needs and wants.
Railroads - ✔️Passenger service in the U.S. is dominated by Amtrak. They hire
passenger service reps, sales reps, clerks, and passenger crews
Recreation and Leisure - ✔️An enormous field involving sports, theater, park rangers,
museums, directing handicap programs, promotional positions, many others. A growing
field of employment.
Rental Car Companies - ✔️This group of firms is increasing their business with fly/drive
programs, package vacation arrangements, and very close tie-ins with airlines and
airports. Jobs range from rental sales agents, mechanics, and reservation agents to
regional managers
Tour Companies - ✔️: A quite specialized field employing tour guides, group tour
specialists, tour planners, costing specialists, various coordinators, salespeople, and
managers
Tourism Job Requirements - ✔️: Having a helpful, caring attitude, a great desire to help
people, and a desire to counsel them in order to maximize their travel experiences are
Answers|Verified
Airlines - ✔️- Major travel industry employers—from entry jobs, flight crews, to skilled
technical, service, and managerial positions.
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Career Path - ✔️A concept that includes the whole range—beginning to executive type
positions. It starts with needed formal education, internship and summer jobs, then
increasingly responsible jobs leading to the top
Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVB's) - ✔️A growing employment field, as more
and more communities are establishing such tourism promotion organizations. These
require directors, managers, marketing research and marketing specialists, public
relations people, and reception-clerk type employees
Cruise Line - ✔️This is the fastest-growing segment in tourism. Jobs include sales
reps, clerks, market research specialists, and recreation directors
Gaming - ✔️The action or habit of playing games of chance for stakes
Internship - ✔️Supervised practical experience (as in a hotel or resort)
Meeting Planning - ✔️somewhat newer and certainly growing profession. Requires
expertise in detail and anticipating the group's needs and wants.
Railroads - ✔️Passenger service in the U.S. is dominated by Amtrak. They hire
passenger service reps, sales reps, clerks, and passenger crews
Recreation and Leisure - ✔️An enormous field involving sports, theater, park rangers,
museums, directing handicap programs, promotional positions, many others. A growing
field of employment.
Rental Car Companies - ✔️This group of firms is increasing their business with fly/drive
programs, package vacation arrangements, and very close tie-ins with airlines and
airports. Jobs range from rental sales agents, mechanics, and reservation agents to
regional managers
Tour Companies - ✔️: A quite specialized field employing tour guides, group tour
specialists, tour planners, costing specialists, various coordinators, salespeople, and
managers
Tourism Job Requirements - ✔️: Having a helpful, caring attitude, a great desire to help
people, and a desire to counsel them in order to maximize their travel experiences are
