The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) will train as many as one lakh workers in the organized and unorganized sectors related to tourism. From guides to taxi drivers, life guards to rickshaw drivers and restaurant staff to mechanics, the MTDC would work on chiselling their behavioural skills and providing a formal technical know-how of their profession. Training workforce in these sectors will go a long way in appeasing the tourists coming to the state.
The skill upgradation is a part of the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) in Maharashtra and is aimed at helping tourists coming to the state. MTDC general manager Kishori Gadre said, "The tourism industry is growing at an unprecedented rate and many in the sector are not formally trained. Workforce in the lower rung of the organised sector and those in the unorganised sector do not receive any training in their vocation. Our focus will be on training lifeguards and guides. Since MTDC is not a training body, it will facilitate the process."
Gadre said that well-trained and well-behaved guides, taxi drivers and others (who deal with tourists directly) will cultivate a positive attitude among tourists. "The Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), Goa, has been roped in to take this initiative forward. Besides, trainers from other institutes will be deployed," said Gadre, adding that the budget for the initiative will be huge. However, he could not give a figure on the same.
MTDC managing director Jagdish Patil said, "Private and government institutes will be engaged to impart training. Modules spanning two to four weeks have been planned. A part of the unemployed section will also be trained using modules of longer duration."
Patil said that as part of the skill upgradation initiative, as many as 45 lakh people will be trained in 10 different departments in the state, of which tourism is one. "Before choosing the trainees, we need to select the sectors in tourism from which they will be shortlisted. For instance, hospitality, food and beverage, housekeeping, tour operators and the like," said Patil.
The skill upgradation is a part of the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) in Maharashtra and is aimed at helping tourists coming to the state. MTDC general manager Kishori Gadre said, "The tourism industry is growing at an unprecedented rate and many in the sector are not formally trained. Workforce in the lower rung of the organised sector and those in the unorganised sector do not receive any training in their vocation. Our focus will be on training lifeguards and guides. Since MTDC is not a training body, it will facilitate the process."
Gadre said that well-trained and well-behaved guides, taxi drivers and others (who deal with tourists directly) will cultivate a positive attitude among tourists. "The Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), Goa, has been roped in to take this initiative forward. Besides, trainers from other institutes will be deployed," said Gadre, adding that the budget for the initiative will be huge. However, he could not give a figure on the same.
MTDC managing director Jagdish Patil said, "Private and government institutes will be engaged to impart training. Modules spanning two to four weeks have been planned. A part of the unemployed section will also be trained using modules of longer duration."
Patil said that as part of the skill upgradation initiative, as many as 45 lakh people will be trained in 10 different departments in the state, of which tourism is one. "Before choosing the trainees, we need to select the sectors in tourism from which they will be shortlisted. For instance, hospitality, food and beverage, housekeeping, tour operators and the like," said Patil.
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