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Where a travel agency manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a travel agency manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Travel agency managers are in charge of managing employees and activities of a travel agency. They organise, advertise and sell tourist offers and travel deals for specific regions.

Also known as travel call centre manager, tourism agency manager, tourism sales manager, travel sales manager.

Managers 52 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: destination manager, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
destination manager 56% covered tour operator manager 49% covered tourism product manager 49% covered tour operator representative 48% covered tour organiser 47% covered travel agency manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from travel agency manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a travel agency manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A travel agency manager needs 36 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • motivate staff to reach sales targets management skills
  • prepare travel packages management skills
  • oversee all travel arrangements management skills
  • tourist resources of a destination for further development services
  • use global distribution system working with computers
  • build a network of suppliers in tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct search engine optimisation working with computers
  • manage visitor flows in natural protected areas information skills
  • monitor financial accounts information skills
  • create annual marketing budget management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a travel agency manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Travel agency manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a travel agency manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.