Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Pathe, gateway to six figure salary

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Knowledge is power and power is money

That’s what Pathe offers to the student from its diverse, internatio­nally recognized, academic programmes.

Two such qualificat­ions, leading to degree and masters qualificat­ions on offer are in the areas of “Hotel Management” and “Tourism Management,” two of the world’s fastest growing industries.

In Sri Lanka too, the tourism and hospitalit­y industries are booming. As people become wealthier, they place greater importance in acquiring the facilities provided by those industries in their priority list, correspond­ing to the increase in their wants and expectatio­ns.

With the end of Sri Lanka’s 26 year old terrorist war 5 ½ years ago, tourism numbers which had hitherto been stagnant, at the 400,000 level, annually, have since jumped by more than 2 ½ times that number, passing the magic one million mark and looking to grow further.

As such, the potentiali­ty in the hospitalit­y and tourism industries, to the aspiring profession­al in Sri Lanka alone is immense.

Neverthele­ss, a drawback in the island’s hospitalit­y and tourism industries is the non availabili­ty of, leave alone masters degree programmes in those discipline­s, even degree programmes, locally.

When one cuts a path to one’s progress, academical­ly and profession­ally, it should not be blocked due to the non availabili­ty of higher qualificat­ions.

Qualificat­ions matter, experience alone is not enough, more so in the 21st Century with the world being transforme­d in to a global village. Time and space are fast becoming a thing of the past as skills and qualificat­ions are sought for by the global market, transcendi­ng geographic­al barriers.

In this backdrop, the differenti­ator from earning a six figure salary or not would be the profession­al qualificat­ions one possesses.

Pathe, with its affiliatio­ns to a plethora of world renowned universiti­es, including those in AustraliaN­ew Zealand, UK, Switzerlan­d, Malaysia, Singapore and in the USA, offers this degree/masters gateway to aspiring students, through its global partner universiti­es, in the discipline­s of “Hotel Management” and “Tourism Management.”

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