1.0 THE COUNCIL OF TOURISM ASSOCIATIONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Page 1 2.0 WHAT IS TOURISM? ....................................................................................................................1Table 1: Main Tourism-Related Industries ...................................................................................................23.0 HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF TOURISM .............................................................................2 3.1 Importance of Vision ..............................................................................................................................23.2 Understanding the System ....................................................................................................................3 Figure 1: Simplified Tourism System ...........................................................................................................3
4.0 TOURISM INDUSTRY STRUCTURE .....................................................................................4 Figure 2: Tourism Sector Participants .........................................................................................................45.0 A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE BC ECONOMY .........................................4 5.1 Tourism is a Major Economic Sector in BC ........................................................................................4Figure 3: Overall Tourism Revenue and Year-Over-Year Change (2000-2010) .....................................55.2 Labour Intense Sector ...........................................................................................................................5Figure 4: Direct Jobs in the Tourism Industry (2000-2009) ....................................................................6
6.0 INDUSTRY TRENDS .....................................................................................................................6 6.1 Economic Conditions ............................................................................................................................66.2 Security ...................................................................................................................................................66.3 Air Access ..............................................................................................................................................66.4 Sustainability ..........................................................................................................................................66.5 Globalization ..........................................................................................................................................76.6 Technology .............................................................................................................................................76.7 Tourism Responsibilities Dispersed in Provincial Government .......................................................7 6.8 Growth in Marketing Agencies .............................................................................................................7 6.9 Alignment of marketing .........................................................................................................................76.10 The Vancouver factor ............................................................................................................................7