25th August will usher in the start of the first 'no-frills' airline in India and many more may follow suit. The travel agent has to move ahead from just being a ticketing agent as now passengers will be able to buy tickets by the click of a mouse. Travel aspirants have to look at training modules that cover the present as well as the future.

An ideal tourism training module should equip you with Customer Service, Marketing Skills as well as information on developing visitor attractions and all this can be acquired by reasonable fees in a duration of 3 to 4 months through International Tourism qualifications from CITY & GUILDS, U.K.

You can now get qualified in travel & tourism to start at the grassroots level as a counter staff through the Foundation Course, a Senior Executive through the Consultant course, a Supervisor through the Management Course or a Manager on completing a Senior Management course.

The future in travel and tourism learning is to go for integrated-learning packages comprising study in Fares, Ticketing, Tourism, CRS as well as being internationally qualified to meet the demands of the industry such as the IATA/UFTAA programmes which are now offered at 4 different levels.

Check out the website of http://www.iata.org/atdi to find out about the IATA/UFTAA courses offered in India and have a great start to your travel and tourism career. Alternatively, opt for TRAVEL PACKAGES - modules tailor made by institutes such as IHCTM (http://www.ihctm.com) which help you get the right kind of training for a perfect start.