About Tourism
Why Study Tourism?
Tourism is one of Canada's most important industries and is rapidly becoming one of its most important employers. According to the Canadian Tourism Commission, total tourism expenditures in Canada reached $54.1 billion in 2000, up 7.9% from 1999. As a percentage of total economy, tourism gross domestic product at factor cost reached 2.4% or $21.8 billion in 2000.
In 2000, tourism employed 546,400 people, up 4.2% (22,100) over 1999. Tourism employment growth outpaced the 3.7% rate of growth in total business sector employment, and the 2.6% growth in total economy sector.
Tourism to and from Canada continues to grow consistently. According to the WTO (provisional data), Canada is one of the most popular destinations in the world, holding the ninth position in 2000; it holds a 2.9% share of the global international tourism travel market. Quebec is Canada's second most visited province; Montreal is Quebec's most important hub. Canada also ranked in ninth position of the world's top 15 tourism earners, with a 2.3% share of total international tourism receipts.
The future is bright for Tourism in Canada. And the Tourism Industry in Canada is experiencing a growing shortage of trained technicians. Employment in the Industry is all but assured, and options abound. Competent training and development of personal skills are of utmost importance for advancement in this dynamic field. That is precisely what the Tourism Department of Champlain Regional College (St. Lambert campus) has set out to ensure.
Sources: National Tourism Indicators, International Travel Survey, Canadian
Economic Observer (Statistics Canada) and the World Tourism Organization.
Learn More About Tourism at Champlain St-Lambert
Our 3-year DEC program is the only one of its kind offered
tuition-free by an English CEGEP. The program prepares students for career
opportunities in the fast-growing fields of travel and tourism with a
specialization in the development and promotion of travel products. In
this program, you will learn entry level industry skills which will allow
you to work in areas such as marketing, tourism information centers, customer
relations and the like.The faculty in the Tourism Program has practical
experience in the field and values student-centered education. Every effort
is made to give every student in the program a quality experience through
small group work, individual and group instruction, field trips, the use
of current technology and attention to individual learning goals.
