Tourism & Hospitality

If you’re an avid traveller, if you love meeting new people, exploring new places, and learning and interacting with different cultures, a career in international tourism and hospitality may be a good fit for you.

People who work abroad in tourism and hospitality bring many different personality traits and professional backgrounds to the table.

Planes, trains and... luxury hotels, adventure tourism outfits, cruise ships, non-profit organizations, tourism associations, and more.

Is it wise to pack your suitcase, jump on a flight, and just show up, looking for work?

There is an enormous variety of job types within the tourism and hospitality sector, and they may spend a season or a lifetime doing it.  Meet some of the people we interviewed, who are working abroad right now.

If you have a genuine love for people, travel, and customer service, and you’re interested in making your living abroad, working at a hotel, B&B, eco-lodge, or within the restaurant, bar, café industries might be the perfect fit for you.

In this section, we explore career opportunities—and what you need to do to break into the field—for three popular areas of the sector: airlines, cruise ships, and the private yachting industry.

People who work in tourism services help travellers organize the ‘behind-the-scenes’ logistics before they travel, and tend to the ‘front-line’ experiences while travelling and exploring their destinations.