The Low Season
Misconception about Hospitality and Tourism Sector
The biggest misconception for people that have not studied
hospitality or worked in it is that it may not be a good long-term career
choice. A lot say it depends with the number of tourists, mostly a high season.
This is for waiters; they think everyone in the tourism sector is a
waiter. They forget that the tourism and
hospitality industry in most country of the world have started to encourage
domestic or local tourists. A lot of times people look at it and say,
"Well, those are the food servers in the restaurant or the front-office
clerks," and they don't think about the higher-level positions that we
have in a hotel.
The low season misconception is almost becoming history.
Domestic tourism is growing, local tourists want to discover and enjoy what
they see and hear on the televisions and radios. They say the possession of a heart is a visitor; this makes local
tourists to want their fantasies to become reality. Internal tourists want to
see leopards with their naked eyes, want to drink coffee at Jadini Beach hotel
and intercontinental hotel. They want to experience how it feels sleeping at
Neptune beach hotel in Kenya. This is because the heart is a visitor and any
time the creator can take it.
Food and
beverage service at Utalii these days they have advanced the course, those days’
people had to be waiters and later advance their studies to become supervisors
but now they have revised the syllabus. With a certificate in food and beverage
service you can become a book keeper, a purchaser and a store keeper of a
hotel. There are many options in the hospitality and tourism sector, you can venture
into hotel management, tourism and
travel management, travel operations, tour guiding and administration, front
office, food production, food and beverage services housekeeping and laundry, just
to mention a few. You can become a hotel manager, a travel manager, a tour
guide administrator and other management courses. If you study for example
front office it is not a must you work in the tourism and hospitality sector
you can work anywhere, in any company. You can work at Safricom, Kenya port
Authority, in banks e.t.c. You might venture in the travel operations where you
can work with a travelling agency, tour companies like pollmans and any other
in the world.
Don’t be
mislead there are many opportunities and options in the hospitality and tourism
industry from which you can choose from. Come and join our reputable and
recognized institution.
This article
was written and posted by Mr. Sudi Hassan Sudi and Mr. Suleiman Mwanyere, The Kenya
Utalii College Mombasa campus marketer.
