Career Options

What are my career options?

Careers in the hospitality and tourism industries offer you the ability to find numberous work opportunities that suits your schedule and life style preferences. Whether it be full time or part time, daytime or evening, weekdays or weekends, work indoors or outdoors, work locally or abroad, there is an option open for you.

For example you may want to consider these opportunities：

• Airline Office
• Airport
• Bed and Breakfast (home-style mini lodgings)
• Business Improvement Associations
• Car Rental Companies
• Catering Companies
• Convention Centre
• Special Events Planning Companies
• Golf Clubs
• Hotels
• Nightclubs
• Railway Company
• Resorts
• Restaurants
• Tour Companies
• Trade Show Planners
• Travel Agencies
• Visitor Information Centres

You can find more career opportunities at: Career Listing per 5 Tourism Sectors

If you’re still unsure about your choice of career or school, do more research. Talk to your family, teacher, or mentor. Check out the websites below which will provide you with more information on available careers in the tourism industry and accredited post-secondary institutions in the province. Remember that you will want to go with an accredited school to ensure the school has met the provincial government’s quality of standards.

BC Work Force Career Planning
Canadian Tourism Commission
go2hr
PCTIA