At the recently concluded International Women’s Day celebrations by TravTalkME, panellist Aga Khatib, General Manager Panworld Travel spoke on the importance of attracting next generation to join the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. She reiterated, “I can see shifting values. I think its also important to recognise that the values are changing and how we can close the gap between the generations and how we can attract the young generation to join our industry by increasing the net revenue which industries generate. Next, we need to create for them the surroundings or conditions that speak to their values by offering flexible timings, attracting them by pointing how the tourism and hospitality industry has a great positive impact in terms of the income, revenue, connections, learning about different culture and travelling the world and also focus on personal benefits like building confidence there are many points that we need to link the benefits by source of inspiration like social media or internet.”
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