Tourism HR Canada

Tourism Sector Stumbles into August Outside of the pandemic-dominated years, the labour force in August has tended to fluctuate between a slight increase or a slight decrease over the previous month, with changes typically within ±3%. This August, the tourism sector[1] saw a slight drop relative to July[2], with a larger fall in employment than

Working with the Conference Board of Canada, Tourism HR Canada has updated its employment projections in tourism, and extended the envelope of projection out to 2027. The newly released Projections of Tourism Employment in Canada (2019-2027) focuses primarily on job demand stemming from the business perspective (demand side), but also includes some discussion of labour

It can be hard for the tourism sector to get much traction in the public mind. Partly it’s that the industries that comprise tourism are so diverse that it’s hard to ‘see’ them as a unified whole. Partly it’s that when economists and statisticians talk about the labour market as a whole, only two of

Labour Market Stays Strong as Summer Comes into Season Summer is a peak season for tourism in Canada (with the obvious exception of winter pursuits), and as the season heats up, it is in encouraging to see the labour market for the sector staying strong. Overall, the tourism sector[1] in July saw consistent improvement over

As the tourism sector continues to adjust to the shifting post-pandemic labour landscape, compensation is one of the variables that business operators are grappling with. This includes wages, but also encompasses a wider range of business practices, from perks and benefits to the kind the culture a workplace fosters. This broader sense of ‘compensation’ is