Nature of Work
Life is an adventure, as they say! Adventure tourism is all about giving people an active vacation, a one-of-a-kind experience to create a lifelong memory.
Essential Skills and Qualities
- Adventurous, confident and passionate
- Presence of mind to deal with emergency situations
- Physical fitness
- Good communication and planning
- Organizational and networking skills
- Expertise in safety and emergency procedures, having a safety-first attitude
- Proficiency in multiple languages – a foreign language would also help; English is a must
Work Opportunities
You may work as an Adventure Tour operator, Tour Guide, Safari Guide, Travel and Information Consultant, Diver, Adventure Sports Trainer, Adventure Photographer, Wildlife Photographer, and so on. Employment opportunities exist with tour companies, eco-adventure resorts, holiday resorts, leisure camps, excursion agencies, commercial recreation centers, and sports centers. You can setup your own adventure sports center in your area of specialization too.
Qualifying Path
You should have completed 10+2. The essential conditions for admission are the physical health and fitness of the candidate to various basic mountaineering courses; the candidate should be between the ages of 16 and 40. Swimming is a necessary skill for water sports courses. A bachelor’s degree with subjects of your choice would be good to have but more important would be to do the certificate / diploma courses in your area of interest; and pick up one or more foreign languages. Some institutes offering relevant courses include:
- Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling.
- Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi.
- Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports (JIM), Pahalgam, J&K.
- Directorate of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali. (himachal.nic.in/dmas)
- Regional Mountaineering Centre, McLeodganj.
- Winter Sports Skiing Centre, Kulu.
- High Altitude Trekking & Skiing Centre, Narkanda.
- Mountaineering Sub-Centres, Bharmour and Jispa.
- Water Sports Centre, Bilaspur.
- Regional Water Sports Centre, Pong Dam.
- Adventure Sports Centre, Hatkoti
- Balloon Club of India, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi
- Tenzing Norgay Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Jawahar Parbat, Darjeeling
- The Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, Gulmarg
- The National Institute of Water Sports in Panjim, Goa
- India Outdoors, H20, National Education Foundation (NEF), Pune
- Himalayan Adventure Institute, Mussorie
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