Міжнародний науковий журнал «Грааль науки» | № 12-13 (квітень, 2022) 2022 Авторські права захищені | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License 467 СЕКЦІЯ XXVI. ПЕДАГОГІКА ТА ОСВІТА .ARTICLE. DOI 10.36074/grail-of-science.29.04.2022.081 FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS AS THE MAIN FACTOR OF SUCCESFUL CAREER IN THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY Andriana Bilodid Second-year student at the Faculty of Tourism Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Boberskyi, Ukraine Scientific advisor: Mariia Vorobel PhD (Pedagogy), Senior lecturer at the Department of Ukrainian and Foreign Languages Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Boberskyi, Ukraine Summary. Languages are the central theme of communication in every aspect of human endeavor, be it in the social, economic, and political sphere. To remain competitive and increase your career opportunity and job prospect, you have to communicate smoothly to pave the way for unfettered business connection flows. And here is where learning a new language becomes the latest trend in Ukraine and offer careers in foreign languages.Understanding of performance expectations are keys to achievement of tourist satisfaction and a basic prerequisite of successful communication in the tourism industry. Good oral and written communication skills are important to hospitality practitioners at different positions and levels. Thus, tourism and hospitality play a significant role and intercultural contacts contribute to the development of intercultural dialogue. The importance of studying foreign languages also contributes to the development of intercultural competence in the area of tourism and hospitality industry being a prerequisite for successful carrier in tourism industry. Key words: Foreign language, communication skills, hospitality and tourism industry, intercultural competence, career paths. Foreign language skills open up plenty of specialist career paths, including Career in Travel, Tourism & Hospitality for language learners During the last decade, the sphere of hospitality and tourism industry has been developing especially fast. Tourism, as a field of activity, allows a person to achieve career success in such areas as hotel business, restaurant service, recreation and leisure, transportation and travel services. In any field, specialists provide appropriate services to people from all over the world and knowledge of English only helps in providing quality services. However, not everything is so good in the labor market in this area, as both travel companies and the hospitality industry feel a great need for professionally trained, highly qualified tourism managers and other professionals in the hotel and