B.C. Tourism Industry

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B.C. Tourism Industry

• By
• Jasmine Chung
• Yoohee Chung

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overview

• British Columbia is set between the Pacific Ocean
  in the west and the Rocky Mountains in the east.
  British Columbia has breathtaking landscapes that
  offers chance to experience the activities and
  adventures. This gives the reason to come and
  settle in BC which leads the increasing in
  population.
• Also, the British Columbia has a mild and general
  climate that is one of the important things to
  tour. Therefore, it provides variety of
  activities in each season. There are mountains to
  climb, river to cruise, beaches to enjoy, forest
  to hike and enough snow to ski. It includes all
  the good resources of tourism. Besides, the 2010
  Olympic is going to happen in Whistler which is
  the most famous ski resort in BC.

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Cruise and whale watching

• BC offers various cruises either on big
  comfortable buses or on cruise ships. Whale
  watching cruise offered in Victoria and Vancouver
  island is a great example of such. The cruises
  are meant to be more on a luxury side than an
  ordinary travel agency, and because BC has such
  variety in weather and temperature compared to
  other territories and provinces, it is renowned
  for fantastic cruises. Annually, about 1.3
  million people find B.C for a comfortable cruise.

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Accommodation

• The hotels throughout British Columbia provide a
  wide range of services and styles depending on
  visitors particular preferences. B.C supports
  the travelers to stay comfortable with safety
  while touring. There are variety of services that
  helps tourist to enjoy more such as hot tub,
  sauna, and meals. Also, the hotel offers all the
  needs while traveling. This is the one of the
  reasons that people want B.C for touring. As more
  people visiting, better services in hotels will
  increase.

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Ski industry

• One of British Columbias biggest tourism success
  has been its ski industry. Mountain resorts in
  British Columbia have enjoyed annual growth rate
  that is about 6 percent. British Columbia had
  become an international ski destination.
  Whistler, for example, is the number-one-ranking
  resort that grows the fastest in North America.
  As more people visit British Columbia for skiing,
  it is impacting on the BCs economy. More and
  more people are employed at alpine ski resorts.
  There are about more than 8000 people who are
  working in the ski industry. Also, British
  Columbia is earning approximately 500 million in
  each ski season.

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2010 Olympic

• The Olympics symbolize democracy and
  internationalities. The Olympics are not only
  interesting to take part in and to watch, but it
  is also very important because its many events
  give opportunities to all kinds of people. This
  honorable event will hold place in Whistler, BC,
  Canada in the coming year of 2010. Whistler is
  known best for its great ski resorts, thus the
  reason the 2010 Winter Olympics will hold place
  there. Thousands of people had known Whistler
  well before it was announced to be the
  destination of the Winter Olympics due to the
  wonderful facilities it offers. Such fame of
  Whistler even reaches countries out of North
  America some time before, even the princess of
  Thailand visited the city of joy, Whistler.

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Impact on economy

• Tourism in BC generates over 9.8 billion and
  offers 117,500 direct jobs on tourism. During the
  next few decades, tourism will need 84,000 new
  workers, and there currently are about 20,000
  tourism-related businesses.

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Issues improvement

• Disturbing the nature
• Pollution increasing
• Increase in traffic jam

• Decrease on the cost (not too expensive
• Create more attractions where it doesnt disturb
  the nature
• Make more of garbage can

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Future trends of the industry

• Since more and more people are visiting B.C.,
  workers needed in the tourism industry will
  increase to about 84 000 NEW tourism workers over
  the next decade. Moreover, between 300-to-500 new
  tourism businesses are founded every year due to
  the increasing number of tourists. Because of all
  these, businesses in tourism will eventually
  increase and prosper. Business rates will stay
  constant as long as there is an increase in
  population and people to visit BC.

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