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The Services of Tourism Professional is a must for the upliftment of Tourist Industry
By, S.I.M.T.I.K Senawirathna, t is an obvious track that industry achieves its progress to systematic approach and clever management. As a result of modern developing trends and research in the world lot of productive knowledge and management have been discovered in various fields. Since tourist industry is also one of the significant sources of national income in many countries and also a source of tourism professionals' opportunities .It needs proper and systematic guidance and good management in order to achieve intendment objective in it. In tourist industry apartment that attractive physical resources Hotel , food and motivational factors on the part of the tourist as well as the working staff play a vital role so far as the tourist are concern their primary needs for survival and secondary needs should be satisfied .It is the same with employees for their service satisfaction is crucial need.
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Depending on the types of tourist need the tourist site and hotel these needs differ therefore only qualified and well training professionals will be able to identify these needs and make sure they are satisfied. Problems related to the industry to have to be handle very systematically only a professional did a brought outlook will be able to identify them. From different dimensions and suggest appropriate solution. Finally the event management which is part and partial in the industry has to be properly guided to meet the needs of the current trends for this the service of tourist professional is a dare need .Therefore it is quite evidence that the productive and the success of tourist industry depend purely on the constructive service of insightful professional.
Attitudes need to be changed to attract professionals for Sri Lankan Tourism Industry
By,Dilhani Hettiachchi, ourism industry is one of the major revenue generating sectors which gives more foreign currency to the country. Its rapid growth is positively affected to increase the job opportunities for people who are interesting on joining with the tourism sector. Sri Lankan tourism industry is lacking of professionals. SLITHM, Uva Wellassa University, Rajarata, and Sabaragamuwa Universities are generating professionals who are having more skills and talents regarding tourism to the country. But most of the people in our country are not having good attitude on people who engaged with tourism sector. They believe that tourism is having bad influence to the country as well as to the people. Not only that they think people engaging with tourism as employees are having bad characteristics and behavior pattern. Because of that tourism interested people hesitate to join with this sector. It raises a big