Vincent Jacot's Internship Fall 2009

      Office of Tourism: Jerez de la Frontera  




My name is Vincent Jacot and I am a Applied Sociology senior at Texas State University. I decided to use my internship to not only gain work experience, but to also learn a foreign language, immerse myself in another culture, and travel the world. The option that gave me the best opportunity to fulfil all of my aformentioned goals was to intern with the Office of Tourism: Jerez de la Frontera in conjunction with Caramba Language School. This opportunity combined my interests of government and tourism.

    As an office intern, it is my job to create itineraries for visitors who request the services of the Office of Tourism. I will often escort these tourists and give tours of Jerez. I also create itineraries for school field trips, diplomats and other V.I.Ps that want to tour Jerez. As an intern at the Office of Tourism in Jerez I have witnessed and participated in a local governmental buracracy with oversight from a federal office. This includes helping my supervisor with budgeting, organization and ideas on how to improve the local tourist economy in Jerez.  The main purpose of my internship is to conduct research regarding the impact of the Caramba Language School on the local tourism economy. I conduct the research by interviewing my fellow classmates regarding how much money and time they spend in Jerez, which local businesses they frequent, and their perceptions of Jerez.

    I feel this experience has not only given me a once in a lifetime oppurtunity, but the skills I have gained through this internship, my proficency in Spanish and my Applied Sociology degree will make me an asset to many future employers. My internship at the Office of Tourism: Jerez de la Frontera was my ideal internship experience.



  Vincent Jacot Links: 
Email
My Resume
Texas State University
Texas State University Department of Sociology





      



                  Jerez de la Frontera Links:
Office of Tourism: Jerez de la Frontera
Caramba Language School

Jerez Tourism Video 1
Jerez Tourism Video 2