The School of Economics and Politics hosted a webinar on the 6th of April, entitled “Future Job Opportunities in the Services Sector (Tourism)”. The school had the honor of inviting Prof. Adla Ragab, Prof. of Economics and Director of Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
Prof. Adla raised many important issues concerning the challenges facing Egyptian tourism, mainly technological changes, and the Pandemic, and highlighted the threats as well as opportunities they are imposing on and offering as job opportunities. The discussion extended to the health, safety, and environmental aspects also.
More focus has been directed to the ample job opportunities offered by the tourism sector to the youth. Such jobs require a lot of training and acquiring different skills. A high level of interaction among the professors and students took place during the webinar, especially when students began asking about different training places and agencies.