Andhra Pradesh Tourism identified job opportunities in the tourism sector and decided to release the plan of action for capacity building and Skills development for the Year 2018-19.
AP Tourism Department Secretary Mukesh Kumar Meena and AP Tourism Authority Managing Director Himanshu Shukla released an action plan for the financial year 2018-19 to boost employment opportunities through providing training to students from different capacities, concurrently conducting skills development programmmes in the tourism in the state during the fiscal.
Mr Shukla said that the capacity building training had focused on Food and Beverage Service, F&B Production, Housekeeping, City Tour Guide, Regional Guide, Guide Training to Cab Driver and Front office. It has proposed to train 8550 students in 285 batches (around 30 students in one batch). The Capacity Building Training program will be organized from this month in Amaravati, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Anantapur and Rajahmundry.
In addition to above, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Authority planned to organize skills development programmes to employees of APTDC Hotels and Resorts in Andhra Pradesh, he added.
Mr Shukla said that the intent is to enhance the skills of internal resource for promotion of tourism. A total of 9,250 employees would be trained in 320 batches (around 20 employees in one batch) in the Skills Development Program from this month in APTDC hotels located in Amaravati, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Anantapur and Rajamundry.
This type of similar programs were conducted in the year 2017-18 for Temple Tourism, Tour Guides Training to students and Guides Training to Cab Drivers in the state to unveil hidden glory of the ancient Architectural and Monuments built by myths in this land, he added.
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