This will show you a Q&A about tourism to show you what the 5 Industries of tourism, the sectors of tourism, and why there are only 5 industries while there is 8 sectors
The Five Industries of the Tourism Sector
Questions:
1) What are the 5 industries of the tourism sector?
The 5 industries of tourism are; accommodations, food and beverage Services, recreation and entertainment, transportation, and travel services.
2) Why was there a change from having 8 ‘sectors’ to 5 ‘industries’? Be sure to list the 8 sectors and explain the reason for changing to 5 industries.
Tourism is described as an industry with 8 sectors which are; accommodation, adventure tourism and recreation, attractions, events and conferences, food and beverage, tourism services, transportation, and travel trade. Due to statistics in Canada and the Canadian Tourism Commission agreed to a North American Industry Classification System.
3) Complete the chart below by matching the different sectors with the industries. The first one has been done for you. Note that while there are 8 sectors, there are only 5 industries. There will be more than one sector of some of the industries. In addition, not all the sectors match to an industry.
8 Tourism Sectors |
5 Tourism industries |
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Transportation | TRANSPORTATION | |
Food and beverage | FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE | |
Attractions | RECREATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT | |
Adventure tourism, recreation and ecotourism | TRAVEL SERVICESRECREATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT | |
Accommodation | ACCOMODATIONS | |
Travel trade | TRAVEL SERVICES | |
Tourism services | TRAVEL SERVICES |
4) Choose one particular industry and describe in detail. Include…
- A detailed description of the industry.
Food And Beverage Service
Recently this has been the largest tourism industry, employing 766100 in 2003. This industry is good for people beginning their careers. The Food and Beverage industry includes restaurants, fast food, fine dining, pubs, bars, clubs, and lounges.
- Examples of Canadian organizations/businesses that are part of this industry.
Examples of Canadian organizations that are part of the food and beverage industry. Fast food services such as McDonalds, Wendy’s, Subway etc. Fine dining restaurants like Joey Tomatoes
- At least 3 jobs available in this industry with descriptions of the work and training required.
In this field you can become a Host/Hostess they are in charge of greetings and escorting people to tables and seating areas, they must make sure they are comfortable, and have provided them menus and makes sure they are served
Bartender prepares beverages with alcohol and servers it; they must also clean and maintain the bar area and wash the glassware. The bartender controls the inventory of supplies. Bartenders may or may not collect payments from customers. Bartenders when hired they are trained in how to be a bartender.
Sous Chef supervises stuff happening in the kitchen with the chefs, cooks, and other kitchen workers. The Sous Chef show new techniques and equipment to the staff. They plan menus, requisition food, and kitchen supplies. They also prepare and cook meals or specialty foods. The Sous Chef is second in command unless the head chef is not available. To become a Sous Chef you need to have a few years’ experience as a chef, also if you have a culinary arts degree it will help you get this job it is not required though.
- The number of people employed in this industry (use the numbers from 2005)
In 2005 the Food and Beverage Services provided 753,300 people a job or 45.6%