Introduction

Tourism and hospitality is a service oriented industry with an expanding market in Bangladesh where a great number of skilled, professional, and dynamic manpower is required to fulfill the demand. As a potential destination in the world tourism market Bangladesh is gradually developing its infrastructure and superstructure facilities for the prospective tourists and foreign investors. We have existing international chains such as Radisson Blue Water Garden Hotel, Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Westin Dhaka, Le Meridian as well as renowned local brands Dhaka Regency Hotel, Hotel Sarina, Hotel Naz Garden, Hotel Seagull, Hotel Rose View, etc. to serve domestic and international tourists. But they are not enough to meet the demand. As a result a good number of internationally acclaimed hotels such as Marriot, Hilton, Intercontinental, Holiday Inn, etc. are coming up in major cities including Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet in the near future.

The objectives of the program are

• To provide students with a solid understanding of the Tourism and Hospitality industry which is a very diverse market.
• To encourage students to apply the concepts, techniques and principles of Tourism and Hospitality to a variety of organizational concepts.
• To enable students to develop the skills necessary for their career and make them understand the political, economical, social and technological factors that affect Tourism and Hospitality, and further their careers in this field.

Careers in Tourism and Hospitality Industry