Tourism Careers Teacher Resources

Students research the career opportunities in the travel and tourism industry. They work together to identify the entry requirements for some positions. They analyze their own strengths and weaknesses.

Students examine the administrative systems in place in the travel and tourism industry in the United Kingdom. They investigate what happens when administration goes wrong and how to correct the error.

Students explore a career of their choice to learn about a career that interests them. In this career exploration lesson, students research a variety of careers and select one in particular. Students create a project to tell others about...

Students design their own job communities. In this art and career exploration lesson, students are placed into groups to create models of business areas based on job types.

Eighth graders set realistic career goals. and become familiar with career opportunities and skills necessary to be successful. Students create a career portfolio containing three career opportunities.

Learners create a brochure with the perfect vacation to Costa Rica in mind. They make sure that the brochure includes environmentally responsible tourism (ecotourism) after brainstorming what might or might not be included.

Students explore the opportunities for bilingual workers. In this bilingual skills lesson, students select a foreign language to research and list ways their languages can be used in a work setting. Students explore career opportunities...

Learners study entrepreneurship in space. In this space science lesson, students discuss an article provided and explain why their senses are important to finding opportunities. Learners list three possible opportunities in the...

Students identify the six most important hospitality habits and use them in their own jobs and communities. In this hospitality lesson, students identify the top hospitality habits and create a map of their town to use the habits in the...

For this English worksheet, students read "Chrysler Cars Announces Huge Job Losses," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Eighth graders design and create a tourist brochure for North Carolina historical sites. They research North Carolina, find and scan pictures for their brochure, use ClarisWorks to form the text, print, display and use constructive...

Students draw a poster showing the costs and benefits of opening up Britain's farmers to the global marketplace. They use a piece of A4 or A3 paper in landscape. Students draw a vertical line to split the page in two. On the left...

Students research the governments role is preserving the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. They discuss the proponents and the opponents side of the issue.

This resource provides detailed information on food and beverage serving occupations. It has sections on the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, and additional information.

Discover the working conditions of the workers who process raw food products into finished goods.

This site contains detailed information about the waiter/waitress career field. While this site is based out of New Zealand and contain information for that country, there is valuable data that is useful about this career.

Resource offers online career videos in 16 industry areas to learn about the type of work performed in a variety of jobs in each industry area.

Do you have what it takes to become a chef? Read all about the duties, responsibilities, and requirements involved.

This resource contains detailed information on the travel agent/planning career field. It has sections on the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, and additional information.

Excellent resource for studying about the economy, resources, infrastructure, exports, and jobs in Costa Rica.

This site contains detailed information about a career as a professional athlete. While this site is based out of New Zealand and contains information for that country, there is valuable data about this career that is useful.

This site contains detailed information about a career as a kitchen helper. While this site is based out of New Zealand and contains information for that country, there is valuable data about this career that is useful.

Find out what the Egyptian government is doing to jump-start its economy. Although based on agriculture, see how the economy is branching out into other sectors to provide jobs for millions of Egyptians. Information is from the U.S....

Chris talks about his responsibilities as a yacht captain and the pros and cons of his adventurous career. [4:44]