Working in tourism

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the UK, accounting for 3.5% of the UK economy and worth approximately £74.2 billion in 2003. With an estimated 1.4 million jobs in tourism in the UK, some 5% of all people in employment in the UK there are a wealth of opportunities. There are more jobs in tourism than in construction or transport. Approximately 130,400 of these jobs are in self-employment.  

Useful contacts:

Visit London 
Visit London is the official visitor organisation for the capital. Their aim is to promote London as the world’s most exciting city by marketing to domestic and overseas leisure and business visitors, as well as Londoners themselves.
For further information 
 www.visitlondon.com/corporate

VisitBritain (formerly the British Tourist Authority) 
works to promote Britain to the rest of the world and England to the British. For further information on working for this international marketing organisation
www.visitbritain.org/corporate

Springboard UK is a young dynamic organisation which promotes careers in hospitality, leisure, tourism and travel and offers free advice www.springboarduk.org.uk

Hammersmith & West London College for information on tourism courses
www.wlc.ac.uk
www.wlc.ac.uk/business