5 Characteristics of The Scuba Diving Industry

Having some experience with the tourism & travel industry as a whole, and being avid traveller myself - I always find myself analyzing the scuba industry in the context of the bigger picture and after some years of this on-going thought process, I feel like I am ready to formalize some of those thoughts.

Below are 5 characteristics of the Scuba Industry that I observed.
#1: Low Wages

The first thing that I hear across the board is low salaries - for everyone. The dive guides, boat captains, instructors and even the course directors (relatively).

There is a chorus of voicing singing:
 "If you want to get into the diving industry, only do it for the passion, and don't expect to earn much from it."

A somewhat average monthly salary of a European Dive Guide on a liveaboard in the Maldives for example is between 500$ and 700$, obviously including accomodation and food. Depending on the boat it may go upto $1000. This is very low, considering that the job requires relatively expensive training aswell as being a difficult & risky job.

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