Bachelor in Travel and Tourism Management

• Four-year TU program that prepares students to handle travel, tourism, airlines, ticketing, tour operation, adventure tourism, and hospitality functions required in Nepal’s growing tourism industry.
• Structured to train mid-level professionals for the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors.
• Covers tourism operations, airline ticketing, tour/trek/rafting management, adventure tourism, tourism economics, tourism marketing, and sustainable tourism.
• Strong practical exposure through industrial attachments, field visits, case studies, and guest lectures from industry experts.
• Builds managerial, operational, and entrepreneurial skills for careers in tourism service companies, airlines, hotels, and destination management organizations.
• Includes two foreign-language courses and a six-month industrial internship for real-world experience.

Curricular Structure in Table

Features
• Full-time, semester-based, four-year TU program
• CMAT-based admission with merit-ranking
• Industry-oriented teaching: case studies, fieldwork, industrial attachment
• Two levels of foreign language training
• Six-month internship in travel/trekking agency or airline company
• Focus on operations: ticketing, guiding, tour management, adventure tourism, and aviation basics
• Includes tourism legislation, planning, culture, heritage, and sustainability
• Entrepreneurship emphasis for future tourism businesses
• Electives allow specialization (aviation, pilgrimage tourism, visitor management, F&B service, etc.)

Fee (Tentative)
• Starting from NPR 300,000 for the full program (varies by college).

Admission Process (Points)
• Eligibility: 10+2 or equivalent with minimum 45% or 1.8 CGPA and English as a full paper.
• Must appear in CMAT (TU Central Management Aptitude Test).
• CMAT sections: Verbal · Quantitative · Logical Reasoning · General Awareness.
• Selection by merit list based on:
– 50% CMAT score
– 30% +2 marks
– 10% group discussion
– 10% interview
• Must pass interview and group discussion stages.
• Submit required academic credentials and identification for verification.
• Scholarships: 2 students per section receive 50% waiver based on TU scholarship priority categories.

Job Prospects
• Travel consultant, tour planner, trekking/rafting program handler
• Air-ticketing and reservation officer (domestic/international)
• Airline ground operations and air-cargo assistant
• Tourism operations manager (travel agency/trekking agency)
• Eco-tourism and adventure-tourism coordinator
• Event and conference assistant
• Destination development assistant
• Guest-relations and hospitality support roles
• Tourism marketing assistant
• Entrepreneur in travel, trekking, ticketing, adventure, or tour-related services
• Government/NGO tourism project assistant