Tourism & Travel

First things first, I would like to applaud you for the fact that you have realized your "real" core interest and want to pursue it as a career. This is a brave thought and requires real care, focus and planning. I would suggest you should take a pause, think and then act so that you have enough time, information and facts before you make any decision.
Next, how to go about it? We need to keep a few fundamental things in mind while we think, plan and act on such a career change move. Here are some tips:
1. Even if you are well off financially, first identify the source of your bread and butter. I believe, for you it is your medical profession. So continue to work hard in this domain. Do not blink.
2. You can approach it in two ways: (a) First become a host of any show and then move into travel specific profile; Get into travel industry and then move on to become a host.
2. In order to achieve this in an organized manner: Create a project plan with specific dates and goals. This has to be a research project where you will find out the career options in the "Travel" industry and specifically the opportunities to be "Host" of a "Travel Show". You will need to dig information from all possible sources. By the way, you are already doing it by asking this question on Quora. So continue to dig information from all possible sources, viz, Internet, Friends, Acquaintance, Books, Newspapers etc. Please note you need to execute it as a time bound project.
3. Once your research project is over(within the timelines originally set), the logical next step is to ponder over the outcome and find out the "real" and "viable" options that you can pursue. The result may give you range of opportunities. You may want to first get into the travel industry in the best profile "available" and then look for being a "host" OR you may first opt to become a "host" and then look for hosting profile in travel domain.
4. As mentioned in Step 1, while doing this research you are still continuing your medical profession so whatever research you do is going to be an additional effort on top of your day to day job. This is going to test your patience, energy level and passion for changing to a new career stream.

Hello Kushagra,
The following are the colleges for BBA in tourism and travel management:
1)National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management , Hyderabad, Telangana
2)Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka
3)Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management , Bhubaneswar, Odisha
4)Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management IITTM , Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
5)Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
6)Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management , Bhubaneswar, Odisha
7)Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies , Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
8)Rosary College Of Commerce & Arts, Navelim, Goa
9)Travel & Tourism Management Institute Hospitality Airline Diploma Academy-Kuoni , Bengaluru, Karnataka
10)Hindustan University , Chennai, Tamil Nadu
11)Aquinas College, Edacochin, Kerala
12)Kerala Institute Of Tourism And Travel Studies, Kochi, Kerala
13)St Joseph's College of Commerce , Bengaluru, Karnataka
14)Travind Institute of Travel and Tourism Management , Pune, Maharashtra
15)Indian Institute Of Tourism & Travel Management, Delhi
16)Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
17)IITTM SOUTH,Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
18)Maharaja Surajmal Group of Institutions, Delhi

Hi Naved,
You can go for the following courses:
BA in Travel and Tourism Management
BA in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management
B.Sc. in Travel and Tourism Management
BA Tourism Studies
B.Sc. in Hospitality and Travel Management
BBA in Travel and Tourism Management
BBA in Hospitality and Travel Management
BBA in Air Travel Management
Bachelor of Tourism Studies
Bachelor of Tourism Administration
B.Com. Travel and Tourism Management
BA Travel and Tourism
Diverse job opportunities are available in front of travel and tourism management professionals. Government as well as private sector enterprises are known to recruit them. Self employment is another popular career path that professionals may go for!
When it comes to Government sector, one may find a job at Tourism Boards (State as well as Central), Government Tourist information offices, Government run Hotels, Airlines, Transportation services etc.
When it comes to private sector, one may work for Travel agencies, Tour operators, Travel consultants, Airlines, Airports, Travel and ticketing websites, Visa and travel document service firms, Hotels, Resorts, Tourist information office, Cruise lines etc.
If one has entrepreneurship skills and access to decent financial resource, one may start own travel agency, ticketing firm, tour agency, travel consultancy, tourist information service etc.
Common job profiles available in front of travel and tourism professionals include-
Travel Agency staff
Travel and Tourism Consultant
Travel Agent
Tour Operator
Ticketing staff
Air hostess
Airline employee / Airport staff
Entrepreneur
Tour Guide
Customer service manager
Event manager
Tour manager
Tourism promoter/marketer
All the best.