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Diploma in Tourism and Travel | Sheridan College Ontario
The Sheridan Tourism and Travel diploma program prepares you for an exciting career in an industry that offers great opportunities for several reasons: There is a shortage of well-trained tourism and travel consultants, the Internet has created a more informed consumer, but for complicated trips, consumers and business professionals seek out the help of a trained travel consultant and there are new opportunities to specialize in the tourism and travel field to accommodate consumers' desires for new and exotic adventures
School & Campus: Sheridan College, Trafalgar Road Campus
Duration: 2 Years Regular
Field Placement: Students will spend 100 hours during Semester 4 in field placement within the travel and tourism industry gaining valuable field experience.
Awards: Ontario College Diploma in Tourism and Travel
Start Dates: September / January
According to a national survey, experts anticipate there'll be approximately 291,000 new jobs in tourism in Canada between 2006 and 2015.* It is an exciting time to be in the tourism and travel industry and no one prepares you better than Sheridan to find a position in the field and perform in it successfully. The Canadian Institute of Travel Counselors (CITC) rated the Sheridan Tourism and Travel diploma program as 5 Star, the highest rating possible.
Every member of Sheridan faculty is a Certified Travel Consultant (CTC) and two are certified with the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) at Elite and Master levels. The professors and program are well respected in the tourism and travel industry, and the faculty is in constant contact with industry leaders to assure that the program is cutting edge, the very best it can be.
Career Opportunities
Your Sheridan Tourism and Travel diploma opens a world of possibility. Travel and tourism is one of the most exciting industries in Canada today. Among the positions recently offered to the graduates are:
Junior inside sales consultant for a major eco-adventure tour operator
