Training
We strive to empower the Klahoose First Nation community and workforce by providing training workshops, access to valuable learning resources, and meaningful work placement opportunities.
Sunshine Coast "Spark" Program
The Sunshine Coast “Spark” Program matches selected applicants with a mentor and provides seed funds to help bring their tourism ideas to life.
The goal is to find, advance, and support new tourism ideas, experiences, and partnerships that will enhance current offerings, address gaps or challenges, motivate travel and longer stays, increase year-round visits, and encourage collaboration between tourism operators.
The application deadline is December 12, 2024.
Details here.
Ready For Action: Develop and Package your Tourism Product
Use creative thinking to transform and revitalize your approach to visitor experience design, creating long lasting impressions. This course will help you gain an understanding of true costs of developing and delivering a new tourism experience before setting the selling price. Additionally, this course teaches you how to package your product to enhance visitor experiences and drive business growth.
- Online, self-paced
- Plus a 1:1 confidential coaching session with an industry expert from Tourism Cafe
Sustainable Tourism Course
Learn from experts from around the world to develop, attract, and grow sustainable travel for your community, business and destination. The business opportunities for the tourism sector to be sustainable are significant. Learn from real experts with this self-paced course!
- Self-paced, online micro-learning course.
Tourism Connects - Online Tourism Training Anytime
ITBC has a new partnership with Tourism Café Canada. Their tourism training courses are now available to you and your team for free!
As we slow down for the winter season, now is the perfect time to do some self-paced training. These courses are short, interactive online learning you can do at your own pace.
With registration, you also receive access to confidential and dedicated coaching sessions with a tourism industry expert.
Four courses available:
“Tap Into Trends 2024”
Discover the latest changes in tourism and traveller trends
“New Product to Market: Develop your Visitor Experience”
Great foundation course
“Ready For Action: Develop and Package your Tourism Product”
For those ready to package travel
“Successful Tourism Operations: Build a Sustainable Tourism Business”
For sustainable practices and attract responsible travellers
View the Tourism Connects E-Learning Portal Here. and Contact Us for more information.
Indigenous Tourism Training Initiative (ITTI)
Indigenous Tourism BC provides free tourism training for current and aspiring Indigenous tourism workers, employers and communities in BC.
Through training workshops, access to learning resources and work placement opportunities, we aim to empower the Indigenous tourism industry and workforce.
Successful Tourism Operations: Build a Sustainable Tourism Business
Become equipped with tools to transform you approach to visitor experience design, creating experiences that leave a lasting impression and drive business success. This training helps to ensure visitor experiences are finely tuned for maximum impact and provides an understanding of true costs of developing and delivering a new tourism experience before setting the selling price.
- Online, self-paced
-Plus a 1:1 confidential coaching session with an industry expert from Tourism Cafe
Introduction to Tourism and Cultural Tourism in BC
10-day mirco-credential course with UNBC, providing a broad overview of the tourism industry in the province. Participants will gain practical skills and knowledge about how BC’s tourism industry is organized and an overview of the major sectors. It is a great option for anyone new/interested in tourism as a career.
- Virtual Classroom, Full-Time
- Deadline to Register: February 7, 2025
Don't See What You Are Looking For?
Let us know what training your are looking for?
Please email us to let us know what type of training you and/or your team is seeking. Examples may include training that enhances your business, career or personal development.
Once we have reviewed your request and eligibility, we will reach out by email to gather more information and get you set up with a course that is best suited to you or you team.
New Product to Market: Develop your Visitor Experience
Become equipped with tools to transform you approach to visitor experience design, creating experiences that leave a lasting impression and drive business success. This training helps to ensure visitor experiences are finely tuned for maximum impact and provides an understanding of true costs of developing and delivering a new tourism experience before setting the selling price.
- Online, self-paced
-Plus a 1:1 confidential coaching session with an industry expert from Tourism Cafe
Tourism Digital Marketing Essentials
Elevate your tourism marketing career. Optimize your digital strategy with this self-paced online course and earn two certificates! Learn any time, anywhere, with real examples from tourism experts.
- Self-paced, online micro-learning course.
MERS Marine Mammal Naturalist Course 2025
The Marine Education and Research Society (MERS) and through our membership with the North Island Marina Mammal Stewardship Association (NIMMSA) is offering a course on British Columbia's marine mammals including: whale species, seals, sea lions, dolphins, porpoises and otters.
The aim of the course is to enable others to inform and inspire marine mammal conservation. This is intensive, crash training for those working as whale watch naturalists, kayak guides, park staff, or others interested in helping with marine conservation through gaining a deeper knowledge of BC's marine mammals.
This course is classroom-based only and does not contain a field portion.
Please note that attendance for all sessions is mandatory with 4 full days (28 hours instruction).
Successfully meeting this criteria will lead to a Certificate of Participation.
**Must be at least 18 years old to attend the course**
Register before January 13th as the courses will fill up quickly.
To register contact us with your preferred course date:
Nanaimo - May 10 -13, 2025
Campbell River - May 30 - June 2, 2025
