cover image: Written Submission to the Pre-Budget Consultation in Advance of Budget 2025

Written Submission to the Pre-Budget Consultation in Advance of Budget 2025

15 Aug 2024

Funding for a national tourism career marketing campaign jointly developed by the Hotel Association of Canada, Restaurants Canada, TIAC, and Tourism HR Canada, will strengthen the engagement of young Canadians in the tourism sector and promote its range of rewarding careers while leveraging the Government’s investment in THRC’s Discover Tourism program that provides valuable career planning, curri. [...] A dedicated strategy and funding for skills training tailored to the needs of Indigenous tourism employers will fill labour gaps and leverage the sector as an economic driver for Canada. [...] This will increase the competitiveness of Canada's tourism sector and ensure that connectivity to all parts of the country is affordable and reliable. [...] Both the FTGS and the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities recommend investment in affordable and environmentally friendly transportation to connect travellers to and throughout Canada while stimulating growth in emerging tourism hubs and local economies nationwide. [...] Canada must embrace the opportunity to be a global 6 leader in the production and supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and new green solutions in the cruise ship industry.

Authors

Kimberley Meijer

Pages
7
Published in
Canada

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