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Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Development University of Waterloo

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What will I learn?

Delve into the social, economic, and environmental impacts of tourism in Canada and around the world.

In Tourism Development at Waterloo, you'll discuss the latest issues and trends with internationally recognized professors, and you’ll learn how to plan, manage, and fund tourism experiences in environmentally and culturally sensitive ways. And you’ll do it at a university ranked #1 in Canada for hospitality and leisure management.

Today, tourism is the world's largest industry, accounting for 1 in 10 jobs on the planet. So it’s no surprise that the demand has never been higher for people who can manage and protect tourism destinations — people like Waterloo Tourism Development grads.

By alternating school terms and paid co-op work terms throughout your degree, you can explore new career areas and types of employers as your career interests evolve.

What can you do with a degree in Tourism Development?

As a graduate, you’ll be well prepared for careers developing, implementing, and evaluating tourism experiences and events in Canada and around the world. Possible careers you could pursue with a degree in Tourism Development include.

tourism development manager marketing executive in the travel industry outdoor activities/education manager regional tourism director tourism development planner economic development: tourism sector/ development planning international travel advisor/manager hotel/hospitality

While the full range of further education depends on your individual interests, graduates who pursue a master's, PhD, or other professional program often continue their education in tourism or business (MBA).

Which department am I in?

Full time (3 to 4 years).

Expected September 2024

Faculty of Health

University of Waterloo,

Ontario (ON),

N2L 3G1, Canada

Entry requirements

For international students.

Applicants must have completed a Ontario high school diploma or equivalent.

English language requirement:

Internet - based TOEFL (iBT) - 90 overall; 25 writing, 25 speaking. IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall; 6.5 writing, 6.5 speaking, 6.0 reading, 6.0 listening. MELAB: 85 overall; 80 per section; if you're applying to a co-op program: 3 speaking. CAEL: 70 overall; 60 per band; 70 writing, 70 speaking. PTE Academic: 63 overall; 65 writing, 65 speaking.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

Pathways options

Offered by other partners.

• Fanshawe College
• Canadore College

University of Waterloo

This Ontario university offers training options in the areas of tourism and tourism business development within their faculty of recreation and leisure studies. Here, you can train for a career in recreation and entertainment and more. 

Programs Include:

• Bachelor of Arts/Master’s Degree/Ph.D.: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Bachelor of Arts: Recreation and Sports Business
• Bachelor Degree, Minor in Event Management
• Bachelor Degree, Minor in Indigenous Entrepreneurship
• Bachelor Degree, Minor in Performance Creation
• Bachelor Degree, Minor in Tourism

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University of Waterloo experts: Addressing Tourism’s Climate cost

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Favorite

The inaugural Tourism and Climate Change Stocktake report has been unveiled by the Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) in conjunction with the UN COP-28 Climate Conference. The report, consisting of 24 key findings, is designed to provide support to policymakers and the tourism sector in their efforts to expedite planning and investment towards global tourism that is both low in carbon emissions and resilient to climate change.

Professor Daniel Scott, a climate change and sustainable tourism expert from the University of Waterloo, took the helm as co-lead for this endeavor, alongside Professor Susanne Becken from Griffith University in Australia. The TPCC, a network comprising more than 60 prominent international experts in tourism and climate, hails from over 30 different countries.

“In 2023, the world bore witness to a remarkable succession of climate-related records, rendering the impacts of climate change on travel and tourism no longer a matter of conjecture,” remarked Scott. “Regrettably, only a handful of tourism authorities have directed their attention towards the potentially monumental repercussions of climate-related hazards and the fundamental shift required to usher in climate-resilient tourism development.”

This Stocktake report assumes paramount importance as it stands as the pioneer in evaluating the progress and deficiencies within the realm of global tourism climate action.

Becken commented, “The key findings underscore the imperative for the entire tourism sector to expedite its efforts and move at an accelerated pace in order to significantly curtail tourism-related emissions and promote the development of climate-resilient tourism. The encouraging signs of progress, exemplary practices, and innovations we’ve identified must undergo rapid scaling if the tourism industry is to stay on course to meet its climate targets for 2030 and 2050.”

A substantial course correction is necessitated on a global scale within the sphere of travel and tourism. Scott added, “In numerous countries, tourism, which accounts for a substantial portion of the economy, is conspicuously absent from their national climate change policies. Tourism, however, has the potential to play a pivotal role in climate action, safeguarding destinations and the livelihoods reliant on the tourism sector.”

“The fate of global tourism remains within our purview. Achieving transformative change in governance, policy alignment, financial commitments, and travel choices is a collective responsibility shared by the global tourism community. Failing to address climate change jeopardizes the very essence of sustainable tourism.”

Some of the noteworthy findings encompass:

• Tourism is expanding at a rate surpassing that of the global economy, with a growing tendency towards longer-distance travel, resulting in higher emissions.
• Approximately eight to ten percent of global emissions emanate from tourism, primarily concentrated in high-income countries, which serve as both origins and destinations for travelers.
• Tourism, air travel, and cruise tourism are projected to fall short of their 2030 emissions reduction targets.
• Although the greenhouse gas emission intensity of hotel operations has shown gradual improvements in select regional markets, further acceleration and global expansion are required to meet the 2030 emission reduction objectives.
• Certain forms of tourism, such as low-elevation ski tourism, beach tourism in highly erodible coastal areas, and some nature-based tourism, will become unviable at certain locations due to escalating climate-related hazards and limitations in adaptation measures.
• Despite an upsurge in sectoral climate commitments, tourism policy has yet to be fully integrated into global or national climate change frameworks, with most national tourism policies or plans affording limited consideration to climate change.

The report additionally highlights that governments and international development assistance continue to invest in tourism infrastructure susceptible to climate impacts and characterized by high greenhouse gas emissions, while industry training and educational programs within the tourism sector remain exceedingly limited.

Among the contributors to this report from the University of Waterloo was Associate Professor Michelle Rutty.

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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO Waterloo professor unveils new framework to accelerate tourism climate action at COP27

University of Waterloo Professor Daniel Scott was one of three leading experts who launched a new international Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The panel represents a new era of global collaboration that will support the tourism industry's transition to net-zero emissions and climate resilient tourism development.

Professor Scott and his peers, Susanne Becken and Geoffrey Lipman, presented the 'Foundation Framework' for the TPCC, which brings together more than 60 leading experts from over 30 countries and across academia, business, and civil society,  including Dr. Michelle Rutty, Canada Research Chair and assistant professor in Waterloo's Department of Geography and Environmental Management. "The TPCC is dedicated to a new era of climate resilient tourism that is on track to achieve zero emissions by 2050 and is successfully adapting to the accelerating impacts of climate change through actions that broadly advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals," Scott said.

The TPCC leaders emphasized that the incredible power of tourism's positive contribution to human development cannot be realized if we fail on climate change. Without action, climate change will adversely transform tourism in the years and decades ahead, and the mission of the TPCC is "to inform and rapidly advance science-based climate action across the global tourism system in support of the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement".

During a technical session at COP27, the TPCC Executive team launched its website www.tpcc.info where visitors can download the 'Foundation Framework', which outlines its three major outputs.

• Climate Action Stocktake Reports - The TPCC will develop a new set of peer-reviewed and open-source indicators that track important connections between climate change and tourism, including progress on sector commitments in support of Paris Climate Agreement goals. TPCC will publish an update of these metrics every three years, with the first to be delivered at COP28 in 2023.
• Science Assessment - The TPCC will undertake the first comprehensive synthesis in more than 15 years of the state of tourism relevant knowledge about climate change emission trends, impacts, future risks, and a focus on mitigation and adaptation solutions. This assessment will include an open and transparent review process and will be published in time for COP29 in 2024.
• Horizon Papers Series - The TPCC will identify strategic knowledge gaps to meet the sector's Paris Climate Agreement obligations through expert reviews and new analysis to support policy and decision-makers.

The Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) is supported by the Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC) led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The University of Waterloo, through the Waterloo Climate Institute, is an official observer to COP and has been sending delegations to witness the negotiations since 2013.

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