From travel agency manager to tourism product manager
14 of the 37 essential skills of a tourism product manager are already essential for a travel agency manager — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 23
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 37
- essential skills of a tourism product manager
What a tourism product manager does
Tourism product managers analyse the market, research potential offers, develop products, plan and organise the distribution and marketing processes.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- build a network of suppliers in tourism
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- create annual marketing budget
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- geographical areas relevant to tourism
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- negotiate supplier arrangements
- set up pricing strategies
- support community-based tourism
- support local tourism
- tourist resources of a destination for further development
- use e-tourism platforms
What would be new
23 skillsEssential for a tourism product manager and not for a travel agency manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- assess an area as a tourism destination
- build business relationships
- carry out inventory planning
- create new concepts
- develop tourism destinations
- develop tourism products
- develop travel charter programme
- maintain customer service
- manage contracts
- manage distribution channels
- manage distribution of destination promotional materials
- manage medium term objectives
- manage production of destination promotional materials
- market analysis
- measure sustainability of tourism activities
- monitor contractor performance
- participate in tourism events
- plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage
- plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas
- plan medium to long term objectives
- produce content for tourism brochures
- sales strategies
- tourism market
Other moves from travel agency manager
2 roles- destination manager17 skills in common
- travel agent14 skills in common
← travel agency managertourism product manager →The other way round
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How far are you from being a tourism product manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.