Biz Culture: TOURISM BUSINESS

Business Categories & Ideas

Start a Business in Tourism

Tour Guide
If you live in a tourist hotspot you could start a business as a tour guide. Walking or cycling tours are all the rage right now and lend themselves to unique themes. Explore historic districts and learn every important detail. But before you start talk to your city tourism department your proposed venture. They would no doubt be happy to give you permission to promote tourism in the area, and assist in helping you plan lucrative routes. Once you've become established, post details of your service on relevant Web sites, take out ads in your community newspaper and include your expertise in travel magazines.
Tourism Consultant
As a Tourism Consultant you would advise businesses how to improve their image and products/services to be more amenable to the tourist trade. You would need tourism industry expertise such as project management, business coaching, marketing planning and conducting hands-on training programs and workshops. Project management services include comprehensive reporting to all project stakeholders, co-ordination the planning process, overseeing the day-to-day operations and implementation of the plans, management of contractors and project task groups, convening of meetings and ultimately final reports. You will also need to assist in the development of brochures, visitor guides, convention planners, websites, media relations, and other marketing collateral that is important in positioning your customers' business in the right way.