Diploma Course in Travel and Tourism

The Guru Nanak Dev University's Faculty of Economics and Business offers Diploma Course in Travel and Tourism course to its students. The course structure for it is as follows:

Part-I (Tourism)
Infrastructure and Planning for Tourism: Components, Transportation, Equipment, Hospitality Resources, Tourist attractions and entertainment needs, State and Touristic Infrastructure and Tourist Destination.
Cultural and Religious Tourism: Indian Arts and Crafts, Music, Dance, Monumental Heritage, Religious Tourism, Science Tourism.
Tourism Policy and Planning : The Basic Policy, Role of States in Tourism.

Part-II (Travel)

The Business of Travel Agency : Opening of Travel Agency, Functions, Nature of work, Guidelines for Recognition of an Approved Travel Agency.
Economics of Travel Agency : Role of Travel Agency, Difficulty of travel agents, incentives, familiarization trip, travel agent associations.
Job Structure in Travel Trade: Travel Organisation Sector, Travel Agency Manager, Package tour officers, Social and Youth Tourism Officer.