July 17th 2:30-2:45 pm Room 3002 This study is interested in the barriers to students’ motivation to go out of campus added to the lack of interest in this community by agencies. This situation result in the no exploration of how students could sustain the local tourism if organizations target that market. Previous research has shown that tourism contributes with a significant percentage of Canada’s economy and the economy generated by international students coming to Canada is an important part of the country’s GDP (Canada’s Federal Tourism Strategy, 2017; Canadian Bureau for international education, 2016). However, it is still unclear which are the reasons why those two market haven’t been connected as a single one and how the bond of these two markets could impact Canada’s economy and students’ life. To address this lack of knowledge, we surveyed students about activities that they enjoy doing, the reasons why students go or don’t go to tourist agencies to look for activities (barriers). We also question how satisfy they [students] feel after using a tourism agency service and what sort of services they are looking for in tourism organizations as well as students’ motivation to leave campus. After, information from online agencies websites will be gather and compare the result with the survey. From the comparison, we hope to be able to draw conclusions showing that the students’ needs and travel agencies offers are not overlapping.
References Canadian Bereau for international education, 2016. Facts and Figures. (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2017, from http://cbie.ca/media/facts-and-figures/ Canada’s Federal Tourism Strategy: Welcoming the World. (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2017, from https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/034.nsf/vwapj/Canadas_Federal_Tourism_Strategy- eng.pdf/$file/Canadas_Federal_Tourism_Strategy-eng.pdf
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