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Special Edition of Welcoming International Visitors Available Free of Charge Since 2010, when Canada received approved destination status in China, the number of Chinese visitors coming to Canada has more than tripled. The Government of Canada has set a goal to double Chinese visitation to Canada by 2021. That means over 600,000 additional visitors! Canadian […]

Our sincere thanks to all participants in our annual survey of partners and stakeholders and to those who distributed the survey to their members. Your insightful feedback allows us to respond to industry needs and keep on top of emerging issues affecting our sector. We asked a lot of key questions and are starting to

(seasonally unadjusted) In February 2018, the unemployment rate1 in the tourism sector was at 5.6%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the rate reported in February 2017, and the same as the previous month (January 2018) when the unemployment rate stood at 5.6%. At 5.6%, tourism’s unemployment rate was well below Canada’s seasonally unadjusted

This is the second in our series of “milestone” articles we will be publishing throughout 2018 to celebrate 25 years of coordinating, facilitating, and enabling innovative programs and services for the tourism sector. Tourism HR Canada and its partners have proudly developed a professional certification model that is second only to apprenticeship when it comes

On March 7th and 8th, Tourism HR Canada hosted its annual Labour Market Forum, with over 60 representatives from government, business, education, and national, provincial and regional tourism industry associations. The two-day event provided an opportunity to discuss labour market issues for all those with a stake in growing Canada’s tourism sector. Participants shared ideas

With recreational-use cannabis on track to be legalized across Canada in 2018, some areas of the country expect to see a rise in the number of international visitors. The coffee shops of the Netherlands have long drawn tourists to the country, and more recently the legalization of cannabis in Colorado has boosted tourism and created

Emotional support animals have garnered international press coverage in recent weeks. First, United Airlines denied one woman’s request to fly with her peacock. Then, another woman reported to the Miami Herald that not only was she unable to bring her hamster on board a flight, an airline representative, upon hearing she would be unable to

Tourism HR Canada is pleased to announce it has received funding for several exciting labour market research initiatives over the next three years. Thanks to the generosity of Employment and Social Development Canada’s Sectoral Initiatives Program, Tourism HR Canada will undertake the research necessary to help minimize labour and skills imbalances and shortages, and ensure

In 2016, the government of Canada set a 2017 immigration intake target of 300,000; on November 1st, 2017, it announced even higher targets for 2018-2020. These will see the yearly intake of immigrants rise to 0.9% of the Canadian population by 2020. Tourism HR Canada’s original projections for tourism job shortages used the historical intake

In June 2017, Tourism HR Canada (THRC) restructured its Board and governance model, creating an Advisory Council—a separate body to provide guidance on hot-button issues and other relevant initiatives facing the tourism sector nationally. Core to the Advisory Council’s mandate: facilitate, coordinate, and enable discussion on tourism labour market issues. This newly formed Council will