Business opportunities and employment in the tourism sector

Business opportunities and employment in the tourism sector : work to entertain making tourism one of the sectors that knows no crisis: from North to South, numerous possibilities for enterprise and work for people of all ages, with a particular eye to the feminine world

Summer is approaching, and with it the holidays and the desire to escape. The days are longer and the Sun alone, the first temperature peaks, the scents of nature that blooms and grows ... everything we say it is time for innovation.

And if you are looking for your job opportunities or business if you have creativity and desire to satisfy the customer, if you would like to work to entertain others and to offer an attractive product, maybe the tourist sector is the one that's right for you: an entrepreneurial space knows no crisis, and appeals to public and private investment. The reason is simple: improve tourism and infrastructure that support it, thus facilitating the creation of new companies and new jobs, improves the quality of life of all, multiply the foreign presence, produces wealth and satisfaction for residents and for the country.

"Fare Turismo" Italy: a festival for tourism on the peninsula

On these themes focused the manifestation "fare Turismo" Italy 2011, held in April in Rome: to promote the event, a company based in Salerno, the sas Leader. An important signal to our South, too often accused of immobility and inability to promote wealth.

Four days dedicated to the beautiful country and its many opportunities for the promotion of tourism, with round tables, meetings with experts, in-depth seminars, activities for schools and universities, spaces for comparison on policies, training times and work orientation, specific times for personnel selection-long-term or for next summer-by numerous organizations and tourism companies operating on the territory: agencies for labor (Manpower), tour operators (Valtur, Phone & Go, Costa Cruises, Club Med) and chains (Accor, Alpitour World, Baglioni, Hilton, Radisson Blu, Royal Group, Sheraton, Sol Melià, Starwood, HH Hotels – Hotel Bellavista, Hotel Invest Italiana, Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts – De La Ville Rome, NH Hotels, Ora Hotels, Cooperativa D.O.C, Forte Village).

Entrepreneurship and education in tourism: opportunities for the start up and professionals

do turismoLe tourist opportunities, both for enterprise creation for finding a job, were manifold: adequate space was devoted to the presentation of the different professionals working in the tourist sector, and little known to the general public, from those relating to hotel (Hotel Manager, sales manager, Porter, head of reception and receptionist services, accommodation services) to those relating to tourist agencyas the Technical Director of the Agency, the travel agency, tourist guide and tourist guide, tourist operator and programmer in the production and distribution, to tourist professions in the public sector, in institutions, in local government, in holdings of tourist promotion, regional agencies and organizations. All this, of course, with a particular eye to new professions, research and strategic analysis in tourism, which represent the real challenge for the future: the expert in marketing and tourism promotion, the expert of web marketing, revenue management and social networks.

Per la formazione e per le imprese, were presented for funding specific programmes in collaboration with Intesa San Paolo, the official partner of the exhibition: a loan-subsidized school until 30 November this year, with funding for an amount from 2000 to 4000 euro and duration from 12 to 24 months, for the purchase of study AIDS and work and for the payment of tuition fees; loans for start-up of enterprises operating in the tourism and training, in collaboration with Eurofidi and Artigiancredito, after presentation of the project. In addition, numerous opportunities with the facilitation of Tourism project, Intesa San Paolo, designed for entrepreneurial activities in the sector, which also provides insurance policies on funding to protect the company from unforeseen events.

Rome City tourism and training

One particular space, both for the number of these who stand for the amount of events and spaces, went to Rome, "city of tourism": in particular, a roundtable discussion with this title, aiming to highlight the job prospects and proposals for training in Rome and Lazio, saw political leaders intervene

Roma città del turismo e della formazione

Uno spazio particolare, sia per il numero di stand presenti che per la quantità di eventi e di spazi dedicati, è stato assegnato a Roma, "città del turismo": in particolare una tavola rotonda con questo titolo, mirante a sottolineare le prospettive di lavoro e le proposte per la formazione nella capitale e nel Lazio, ha visto intervenire esponenti della politica e della cultura, concordi nell'individuare come priorità assoluta il potenziamento delle infrastrutture, al fine di incrementare il turismo, moltiplicare le offerte, aumentare le presenze e creare nuovi posti di lavoro per i giovani.

La proposta a breve termine è stata inoltre l'istituzione di un tavolo di lavoro che stabilisca contatti con il mondo accademico, con gli operatori dell'istruzione superiore e con i centri di competenza professionale della regione, per analizzare e trovare soluzioni alle problematiche della formazione locale. A questo scopo si è anche tenuto un incontro tra i rettori delle Università e i direttori delle scuole di Turismo e dei master di alta formazione nel settore, con momenti specifici destinati ai giovani delle scuole superiori, e finalizzati alla presentazione dell'offerta formativa e delle conoscenze da acquisire per lavorare costruttivamente in questo campo così promettente.

L’esposizione

Nel grande spazio espositivo allestito presso il Salone delle Fontane all'EUR, hanno trovato posto stand di Istituzioni (Roma Capitale – dipartimento Turismo; Ministero del lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali), organizzazioni nazionali di categoria (Confindustria AICA e Alberghi, Confturismo e Confcommercio, Federalberghi, Federterme, Federturismo Confindustria, Federviaggio), enti (Ente Bilaterale Turismo della Regione Lazio, Istituto Nazionale Ricerche Turistiche, Società Italiana di Scienze del turismo, Trenitalia, Intesa San Paolo), associazioni professionali (Direttori d'Albergo, Alberghi per la Gioventù, Impiegati d'Albergo, Guide Turistiche, Tour Operator Italiani, Portieri d'Albergo, Imprese Turistiche del Lazio, AssoTravel, Assoturismo confesercenti Roma e Provincia), agenzie per il lavoro (SOUL – Sistema Orientamento Università Lavoro, Guida Viaggi Lavoro), agenzie web di recruiting e orientamento alla formazione (Formazione Turismo.com, Isfol orientaonline), Università e Scuole di Master (Centro Studi CTS, Fondazione Campus – Lucca, LHE/Glion – Institute of Higher Education & Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, LUISS Business School, Luspio – Libera Università degli Studi per l'innovazione e le organizzazioni di Roma, Sapienza Università di Roma, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Università di Napoli "Suor Orsola Benincasa", Università IULM – Milano, Università Telematica E-Campus).

Laura Carmen Paladino