Name: Kyle

University: Bournemouth University

Course: BA (Hons) Tourism Management

Currently in: Queenstown, New Zealand

For how long: 12 months

Kyle applied for a 12 month tourism internship back in April 2009.  When Kyle applied he asked Intern Options to find him a placement in the following area:

I would like the opportunity to work in one of the World’s top tourist destinations, well known for their speciality for outdoor and adventure tourism.

Well Kyle started his placement in July and he certainly is in one of the world’s top tourist destinations – Queenstown!  Queenstown is New Zealand’s adventure tourism capital and some say the adventure capital of the Southern Hemisphere.

Kyle was snapped up by the largest tourism operator in Queenstown and the largest employer in the area.  Set on a mountain overlooking the town of Queenstown you need to get in a gondola to go to work every morning.  Working here you will feel like you are working on top of the world! Some of the attractions offered are bungee jumping, luge carting, extreme swing, paraponting. Over the years we have placed many UK, USA, Canadian and even some Australian students into this operator and all (apart from one, long story…) have loved the tourism placement and Queenstown.

Kyle was joined last month by Jessica, also from Bournemouth University and we will be hearing how Jessica is getting on in Queenstown soon.

Well enough from me, I will pass you over to Kyle to give you an idea of how he is going, what it was like when he first applied and anything else that is on his mind.

For more information on the Tourism Internship programme be sure to have a read of the Tourism Internship page.