Rio de Janeiro School of Tourism trains 278 students and opens registration for the first semester of 2025

Some of the 278 graduates from the Escola Carioca de Turismo, which is now accepting applications for the 2025 classes - Sylvio Loureiro/ Senac RJ

The Rio de Janeiro School of Tourism is opening registrations this Wednesday (11/12) for 610 new spots in professional training and qualification courses in various segments of the tourism sector, for the first half of 2025. On Tuesday (10/12), another 278 students from the school received their certificates, in a ceremony at the Senac RJ Polytechnic Center, SMTUR-Rio's partner in the project, in Riachuelo. In total, the School has already trained 1.409 professionals in 10 disciplines.

Bruno Mattos, Undersecretary of Planning and Public Policies of SMTUR-Rio, represented Secretary Daniela Maia, and Bianca Guanabara, Executive Manager of Senac RJ, who presented the certificates to the graduates, participated in the ceremony. Bianca Losso, a career specialist at Senac Interliga, a platform that connects students and the job market, gave tips on preparing resumes and presenting themselves in interviews, and answered questions about career paths for future professionals.

– Tourism is excellence in hospitality, which is why we are investing more and more in professional training. We want a welcoming and receptive city, with ever-increasing quality. Congratulations to the graduates – said the secretary, Daniela Maia.

 

Classes also at the Center
There will be 23 classes of 11 courses offered at seven Senac RJ units. The new feature is that classes will now also be held at the Centro unit. The other units, which already offer courses from the Rio de Janeiro School of Tourism, are located in Barra da Tijuca, Botafogo, Campo Grande, Riachuelo, Copacabana and Madureira. The courses are free, and students receive financial assistance for food and transportation.

The subjects offered are: preparation of cultural itineraries; basic English 1; basic English 2; cultural tourism; local tourist information; basic sign language 1; basic sign language 2; basic Spanish applied to tourist services; etiquette, ceremony and protocols; hotel reception: operation and procedures; and event organization techniques.

Registrations can be made by SMTUR-Rio page and also through the link in the bio of the Instagram account (@smtur.rio). You must be over 18 years old and live in the city of Rio de Janeiro. To take the cultural tourism course, you must have completed elementary school.

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The majority of students who seek out the Escola Carioca de Turismo are women (71,5%), according to data from phases 1 and 2. Other characteristics include having completed high school (68,5%), living in the West Zone (more than 30%) and an average age of 36 years. A tiny percentage (2%) are foreigners.

The most popular courses are Basic English 1 and Hotel Reception: Operations and Procedures, in first and second place among men and women. In third place are Basic Sign Language 1 for women and Cultural Tourism for men. Event organization techniques come in fourth place for both genders and, in fifth place, are Cultural Tourism for women and Basic Applied Spanish for men.

Of the ten neighborhoods with the highest number of students enrolled at the Rio de Janeiro School of Tourism, Campo Grande, in the West Zone, has the highest concentration of students (186), followed by Copacabana (127), in the South Zone, Bangu (89) and Santa Cruz (74), also in the West Zone, and Tijuca (72), in the North Zone. In decreasing order, Centro (70), Guaratiba (62), Realengo (57) and Jacarepaguá and Recreio dos Bandeirantes, both with 53, appear.