Occupation Atlastravel agent
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/79f8f68c-5509-4119-9373-8bef1c364d31
travel agent
Travel agents design and market travel programme itineraries for potential travellers or visitors.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.78
- C Conventional5.77
- S Social4.31
- A Artistic1.90
- I Investigative1.51
- R Realistic1.15
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Travel Agents (41-3041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (38)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- achieve sales targets
- advertise travel insurance
- apply foreign languages in tourism
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- develop inclusive communication material
- distribute local information materials
- ecotourism
- educate on sustainable tourism
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- ensure the privacy of guests
- geographical areas relevant to tourism
- handle customer complaints
- handle financial transactions
- identify customer's needs
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- maintain customer records
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- manage digital archives
- manage visitor flows in natural protected areas
- measure customer feedback
- oversee all travel arrangements
- present reports
- process booking
- process payments
- produce content for tourism brochures
- provide customised products
- provide tourism related information
- quote prices
- self-service technologies in tourism
- sell tourist packages
- support community-based tourism
- support local tourism
- upsell products
- use customer relationship management software
Optional (20)
- augmented reality
- coordinate events
- execute email marketing
- follow ethical code of conduct in tourism
- improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality
- manage database
- manage time in tourism
- office software
- promote the use of sustainable transport
- promote virtual reality travelling experiences
- search databases
- social media management
- use communication techniques
- use e-tourism platforms
- use global distribution system
- use microsoft office
- use presentation software
- use spreadsheets software
- virtual reality
- work in a hospitality team
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 38 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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hospitality establishment receptionist
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tourist information officer
11 shared · 13 more of its ownproduce content for tourism brochures, quote prices, apply foreign languages in tourism, distribute local information materials
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tourism product manager
10 shared · 27 more of its ownproduce content for tourism brochures, geographical areas relevant to tourism, support community-based tourism, engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
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tour organiser
9 shared · 15 more of its ownoversee all travel arrangements, apply foreign languages in tourism, manage visitor flows in natural protected areas, geographical areas relevant to tourism
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destination manager
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