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Department of Tourism & Aviation

The Department of Tourism and Aviation was started functioning with the name – Department of TRavel and Tourism in the year 2008. The most vibrant department of the College offers 2 Programmes such as BTTM and BBA-AH in 4 Year Degree Pattern affiliated and prescribed by Kannur University.

Tourism is one of the fastest growing and second largest industry in the world and has attained increasing recognition as a crucial sector with enormous potential for generating employment. The two programmes are more focused on providing the industry related skills to the students so that they can get better opportunities in tourism field.

Students of the department play a prominent role in organizing innovative events and programs. A platform for hands on training in the form of internship and on-the-job training in various organization help students to apply their theoretical knowledge and prepare them to face challenges of job market.

Vision

The vision of the department is to provide quality oriented teaching that may bring out the potentiality of the students and thereby become a leading provider of tourism related education, supporting the growth of country’s tourism industry.

Mission

The mission of the department of Travel and Tourism is to become an agent for providing quality educational services and training programmes to develop competent and quality human resource for Travel and Tourism industry, taking into account of the present and futuristic requirements of the tourism sector.

Academic Requisites

Every students of department have to undergo following activities to fulfill the requirement for the award of BTTM and BBA AH Degree as per syllabus prescribed by Kannur University.

  • Study Tour (National)
    Every student have to perform a National Tour on their 2nd Year of study to various places in the Country for explore and study the changing trends and challenges of various destinations. The journey will be through Train- Bus and Flight and will last about 7 to 10 days.
  • Study Tour (Regional)
    An excursion or a study trip for 2 days will be conducted on the 1st year of study of Programme to a destination within Kerala.
  • OJT (On-the-Job Training) (Hospitality)
    To know and practice the real life Hospitality Operations, every student have to be trained for 2 Months in a reputed 5 Star Hotel or Resort in South India on their 2nd Year of Study.
  • Automated Airline Ticketing
    Every students should study the Airfare and Ticketing Mechanism by IATA. To practice the theritical aspects taught from Class Rooms, students have perform the same from an IATA Accredited Travel Agency in Kerala on their 2nd Year of study.
  • Project Report & Field Visit
    Every study tour, OJT, Ticketing, everyone should prepare a unique project report for the activities they have undergone.