Wednesday, December 10, 2008

TOURISM CONSULTANT JOB

Tourism consultants provide specialist management and development services to a particular tourist attraction or a specific area. They often focus on problem-solving or providing advice on a specific aspect of tourism marketing and development.

Undertaking factual desk research. Interviewing specialists or attraction visitors and tourists. Making fact-finding visits to specific sites. Analyzing and evaluating primary and secondary research. Submitting recommendations through presentations and reports. Resolving specific issues as part of a multidisciplinary project team.

Typical consultancy commissions include feasibility studies, strategic marketing and planning, projects enabling urban or rural regeneration, and preparing and appraising applications for funding. Specific examples of commissions undertaken include. Mersey Partnership DMS Web Development. Co-friendly hostel, Norfolk. Income-generating opportunities for small suppliers and producers.

Tourism consultants usually enter this area after gaining experience of specific areas of tourism, or working in other areas such as finance, marketing or public relations. The majority of tourism consultants are self-employed. Some work within specialist tourism consultancies. Others work for management consultants that have expertise in a number of other areas, as well as tourism.

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