Travel consultant to tourist animator
A travel consultant already meets 58% of what the tourist animator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.7/ 100
1 How much of what a tourist animator is expected to do is already part of a travel consultant’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the tourist animator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A tourist animator role treats 10 of its required skills as things a travel consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist clients with special needs
- build business relationships
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- identify customer's needs
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tourist animator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a travel consultant background worth leading with.
- already held demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held support community-based tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality working with computers
- already held ecotourism natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held educate on sustainable tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences working with computers
All 19 carried skills, including the 10 the tourist animator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn entertain guests interactively required
- still to learn inform customers of activity changes required
- still to learn manage health and safety standards required
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- still to learn develop entertainment programmes required
- still to learn ensure cross-department cooperation required
- optional, not held distribute local information materials optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- still to learn keep up to date on local events required
- optional, not held evaluate events optional
- still to learn recreation activities required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tourist animator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 entertain guests interactively practise this
- 02 keep up to date on local events practise this
- 03 develop entertainment programmes practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
- already held demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services skill
- already held engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
- already held provide tourism related information skill
- already held support community-based tourism skill
- already held support local tourism skill
- already held augmented reality knowledge
- already held ecotourism knowledge
- already held educate on sustainable tourism skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- already held use e-tourism platforms skill
- already held virtual reality knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
- optional, not held distribute local information materials optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held evaluate events optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
29 held skills the tourist animator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertise travel insurance skill
- not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in tourism skill
- not needed by the target role build a network of suppliers in tourism skill
- not needed by the target role customise travel package skill
- not needed by the target role develop inclusive communication material skill
- not needed by the target role devise tailor-made tourism itineraries skill
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct in tourism skill
- not needed by the target role geographical areas relevant to tourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage online content skill
- not needed by the target role measure sustainability of tourism activities skill
- not needed by the target role oversee all travel arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role oversee the design of touristic publications skill
- not needed by the target role oversee the printing of touristic publications skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role plan events skill
- not needed by the target role plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage skill
- not needed by the target role plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas skill
- not needed by the target role process booking skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role self-service technologies in tourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role sell tourist packages skill
- not needed by the target role upsell products skill
- not needed by the target role use customer relationship management software skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use global distribution system skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn recreation activities required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
Common questions about this move
Can a travel consultant become a tourist animator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A travel consultant already covers 58% of what a tourist animator is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 10 of which the tourist animator role treats as required.
What skills does a travel consultant need to become a tourist animator?
7 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is entertain guests interactively.
How hard is the move from travel consultant to tourist animator?
Its learning distance is 44.7 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.