In order to upgrade the skills and proficiency of the young generation and also to provide them awareness to explore about various career options the CBSE has started offering 40 courses at Senior Secondary level. The skill education envisions imparting the procedural knowledge and skills to the students that will enable students to excel and emerge successful in real situation of both work and life.
It works towards imparting an education that is holistic, meaningful and skill oriented which instils among the youth a sense of usefulness and responsibility. You can choose either one or two or three skill subjects from skill electives. You have to choose other elective subjects from academic electives.
Subjects that cannot be taken together
- Physics (042) and Applied Physics (838)
- Chemistry (043) and Applied Chemistry (839)
- Mathematics (041) and Applied Mathematics (840)
- Informatics Practice (065) and Information Technology (802) or Web Application (803)
- Business Studies (054) and Business Administrations (833)
The Travel, Tourism and hospitality is one of the largest service industry in India as well as in the world that includes transportation, accommodation, places of tourist interests, planning of events, etc. And largest foreign exchange earner among provides employment of many people directly and indirectly through many associated service industry.
It is a very wide industry; it includes government tourism departments, immigration and custom services, travel agencies, airlines, tour operator, hotels etc. And many associated service industries such as airline catering or laundry services, guides, interpreters, tourism promotion and sales etc.
Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Management is the act or practice of serving guests or customers with hospitable manners and establish good relationship between the guest and the host. This includes the offering of boarding, lodging arrangements, transport, sightseeing, recreation and entertainment etc. services to the guests, visitors, or tourists.
Part B: Vocational Skills (50 Marks)
UnitтАУ1: Introduction to Tourism (7 Marks)
- Definition of Tourism.
- Elements of tourism тАУ Man, time and space.
- Definition and differentiation - Tourist, travelers, visitor, transit visitor and excursionist.
- Leisure, recreation and tourism and their Interrelationship - Diagram.
- Characteristics of tourism тАУ Service Characteristics, how to overcome service characteristics.
- Components of tourism тАУ AтАЩs and SтАЩs of Tourism (Tourism resources, attractions, product, market, industry and destination).
UnitтАУ2: Tourism: A Historical Account (6 Marks)
- Travel in early times.
- 'Renaissance' and 'Age of Grand Tours.
- Industrial revolution and tourism.
- Tourism in modern times.
- Tourism in India: an account - Rahul Sankalyan, Tirthatan, Deshartan, Paryatan, modern travel.
- Tourism circuits.
UnitтАУ3: Concepts of Tourism (8 Marks)
- Tourism systems.
- Tourism Motivators
- Barriers to Tourism - Overcoming barriers to tourism.
- Forms of Tourism - In bound outbound, domestic (UNWTO тАУ Diagram).
- Types of Tourism тАУ Ethnic tourism, adventure tourism, rural tourism, eco-tourism, medical or health or wellness tourism, Sustainable tourism, etc.
- Types of Tour packages.
- Defining Tourism Impacts тАУ Socio cultural, economic and environmental.
UnitтАУ4: Tourism Components тАУ I (8 Marks)
- Attraction тАУ Resources, products, sites, destinations.
- Types of Attraction - man-made and symbiotic.
- Accessibility - Modes of Transportation and significance.
- Amenities: Health and hygiene, security.
UnitтАУ5: Tourism Components тАУ II (8 Marks)
- Significance of Accommodation.
- Types of Accommodation тАУ Based on facilities, based on location, based on length of stay.
- Meal Plan of booking accommodation.
- Available packages тАУ Short trip, weekend trip, long trip.
- Activities.
- Ancillary services тАУ Guides, escorts, shopping for souvenirs, health services, documentation, telecommunication, Foreign Exchange.
UnitтАУ6: Inter Linkage between Geography and Tourism Industry (8 Marks)
- Significance of Geography in tourism.
- Defining тАУ Longitude, latitude, time calculation.
- Physical and Cultural Geography.
- Geographical features and their role in Tourism тАУ Canyon, Hills, rivers, lakes, deserts, beaches etc. with examples.
- Map reading and cartography.
- Indian geography.
UnitтАУ7: Inter Linkage between History and Tourism Industry (8 Marks)
- Significance and importance of History in tourism.
- Heritage Tourism - types, promotion.
- Defining - Heritage, historical sites, Archaeological sites.
- Guiding around Heritage sites.
- Role of ASI and ASI sites.
- World heritage sites in India.
UnitтАУ8: Tourism Organizations and Trends (7 Marks)
- Defining the role of Ministry of Tourism Govt. of India.
- Defining the role of State Tourism Development Corporations.
- Public-private partnerships in tourism.
- Role of local bodies and NGO's.
- Functions of UNWTO, IATA, IATO, TAAI.
- Factors responsible for growth and development of tourism.
- General Trends in National & International Tourism trends.
- Emerging trends.
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