Learners

The NTCE is directly aimed at high school and tertiary/FET learners (past and current) looking to enter or advance in the tourism industry.
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Bursaries
Educators

The NTCE is not exclusively targeted at the learners – the educators are just as important as you are the drivers behind the tourism industry.
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Visitors

The Expo is open to all members of the public who are interested in tourism, whether you are currently in the industry or not.
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The Expo
Exhibitors

The NTCE needs you to make this a successful and impactful experience for our future tourism candidates.
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Sponsors

The NTCE requires the support of the industry at large in order to be truly successful in its endeavours.
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An overview of the NTCE

The National Tourism Careers Expo (NTCE) is becoming one of the exciting trademarks of the tourism industry, harnessing official support from its three partners, the National Department of Tourism (NDT), the Department of Economic Development and Tourism in KwaZulu-Natal (DEDT – KZN), and the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA).

Addressing the skills development challenge and promoting growth in the tourism sector

Brought to you by the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality & Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA), National Department of Tourism (NDT), and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism in KwaZulu-Natal (DEDT – KZN) the NTCE is now its third year.  This year the expo is being held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal with the location of the expo rotating every three years.

Although tourism in South Africa is one of  the second largest, and  fastest growing sectors in South Africa the sector also faces a number of challenges when it comes to skills and young people entering the sector after school or tertiary education.

These challenges include:
• Lack of industry knowledge and respect
• Poor perception of the industry – few benefits, only menial jobs
• Less attention as a subject in schools and tertiary institutions
• Lack of facilities in teaching tourism
• Teachers are not trained to teach tourism effectively
• It is an undesignated subject in high school

FACT: 70% of school leavers intend to study further with only 9% considering tourism as an option.

The NTCE aims to address these challenges by:
• Profiling tourism as a desired career of choice to prospective learners
• Identifying and communicating employment opportunities in the tourism sector for unemployed youth
• Highlighting the available tourism professions within South Africa
• Providing a platform for interactive information sharing on available tourism education and training opportunities
• Providing a platform for interactive opportunities between the learners and the prospective employers
 

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