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- British Columbia & Yukon Hotels' Association
 
 
 High-Growth Projected for the Global Hotel Industry
 Estimated 112,000,000 employees in the worldwide hospitality industry. "With globalization, this number will only grow."

- International Labour Organization
 
  
Canada: The Center of Hospitality
1,663,300 presently work in the hotel industry. Another 22,700 employees will be needed by 2005. 65,000 management positions in the tourism industry will be needed over next 10 years. "The hotel industry is growing in Canada!"

- Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism
 
Record Number Reported in US Hotel Sales
 1997: 85.6 billion in sales; 18.93 billion in wages. This is a 40% increase from 1996, and double 1995!
 U.S.A. captured 16% of all international travel.
 52.7 million Americans traveled internationally in 1997.
 "The hotel industry is growing in the U.S.A.!"
 - American Hotel and Lodging Association Education Institute
 

BC Prepares for 21st Century Hotel Boom
 113,000 people in B.C. are employed in the tourism industry. Half of these jobs are in hotels.
 If we win the Olympics 2010 bid...watch out!
 The hotel industry is growing in B.C.!
 
 Tourism Hikes to New Peaks
 In B.C., one in every 13 people work in the industry, accounting 7.4% of the provincial workforce. Tourism British Columbia predicts that, by 2005, an additional 50,000 employees will be needed. Demand for skilled employees currently greatly exceeds supply - and that's likely to continue.

- Learning Curve Fall 2003
 
JUST HOW BIG IS THIS INDUSTRY?
Currently the world’s largest industry with sales in excess of $5,000,000,000,000 or 15% of the world’s domestic products
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) estimates that by 2020, international tourism will be at 1,600,000,000 tourists, spending $5,000,000,000 per day
WTO predicts that China will become the top global tourism destination
 Foreign visitors to the U.S spent $95.12 billion. Tourism generates $44,000,000,000 a year in Canada. Projections show this will double by 2005
 Almost 10% of Canada’s workforce work in the industry
 1.4 million tourism jobs today, 1.7 million by 2005
 There are more than 159,000 tourism businesses in Canada
 - Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council
 

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