Travel and Tourism Industry Snapshot

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The Tourism and Travel industry typically comprises a workforce across travel agents, tour guides, adventure tour guides, visitor information centres, tourist attractions and cultural tourism operators. Read FutureNow's latest industry snapshot for the travel and tourism industry in Western Australia.

Training and ​Education

Western Australians have access to a range of travel and tourism training and education opportunities, from secondary schools, through to vocational and higher education providers, including TAFEs, private Registered Training Organisations and universities: Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and Curtin University. 
FutureNow works with stakeholders across the training and education landscape, and has a formal role to play in the development of vocational education and training to meet industry needs.

Careers in the Tourism and Travel Industry

​Click on the thumbnails below to read our industry profiles for the Tourism and Travel Industry.

Tour Guide

 A career in Tour Guiding could take you anywhere in WA

Holiday Parks Management

As a manager of a holiday park, caravan park, glamping resort or eco retreat, you could find yourself working every day in some of WA’s most iconic and breathtaking landscapes.​

Destination Marketing

You could find yourself marketing the visitor experience right in the heart of
Perth city or the local attractions you know and love.

Aboriginal Tourism​

​You could find yourself hosting accommodation or guiding tours in some of the most amazing ancient landscapes and significant historical sites in Western Australia.

Travel Consultant​

​Explore the wide world of travel consulting, tour wholesalers, corporate travel and even cruise travel agencies.

Venue Management

​A career in venue management opens avenues to so many amazing places and spaces.

Read about some Western Australians passionate about their jobs in the tourism sector.

​Jobs and Skills Council
Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) is the Jobs and Skills Council for the  Events, Tourism and Hospitality sectors. SaCSA will identify skills and workforce needs for the tourism sector, map career pathways across education sectors, develop contemporary VET training products, support collaboration between industry and training providers to improve training and assessment practice, and act as a source of intelligence on issues affecting the industry. SaCSA works closely with Jobs and Skills Australia, drawing on its workforce analysis and projections to plan for their industry sector and creating a consistent approach to addressing skill gaps.

Access the SaCSA website

Access the Tourism Workforce Plan

​SIT Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Training Package

Training package qualifications are developed through a process of national consultation with industry.
FutureNow works with our industry partners across Western Australia to provide current industry advice that informs the development or review of Travel and Tourism training package products. 

• The current SIT - Tourism, Travel and Hospitality  Training package, comprises 33 qualifications in tourism, travel, hospitality, cookery and events at levels ranging from Certificate I to Advanced Diploma. ​
• ​Subscribe to FutureNow’s newsletter for updates on current industry consultations for Training Package development.
  

Apprenticeships and Traineeships

​Apprenticeships and traineeships provide a way to combine training with a job, enabling the student to work towards a nationally recognised qualification whilst earning a wage. 

Traineeships linked to Tourism and Travel Qualifications

​VET Delivered to Secondary Students

FutureNow works with industry to provide current advice on the suitability of vocational Tourism qualifications for delivery to secondary students. This advice is collated and updated annually into the VET Qualifications Register for Secondary Students. 
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Access the VET Qualifications Register for
​Secondary Students

Year 9 Career Taster Program

​The Career Taster Program enables Western Australia’s Year 9 students to explore the stages of early career discovery and study pathways, helping them to make informed decisions about their subject selections in Years 10, 11 and 12. The program supports students to become ‘career curious’ and extend their thinking through practical activities and meaningful experiences with the world of work.

Access the Year 9 Career Taster Program

​Our Industry Partners and key resources

​FutureNow works closely with a wide range of industry partners in travel and tourism to examine current trends and identify opportunities to support its workforce. Many maintain representation on our Board and/or our Tourism and Travel Industry Advisory Network.