Job prospects Travel Agent in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Travel counsellors (NOC 64310) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Nearly all work in travel arrangement and reservation services

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• Improved air travel and tourism activities will support opportunities in this occupation
• Consumer use of online travel services to search and book travel arrangements, and personalized smartphone applications, may temper job prospects

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• Travel counsellors who work for a registered Ontario travel agency and sell travel services or provide travel advice to the public, must be certified by the Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO)
• Fluency in multiple languages may be beneficial.

Here are some key facts about Travel counsellors in Ontario:

• Approximately 5,550 people work in this occupation.
• Travel counsellors mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 84%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 77% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 23% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 50% of travel counsellors work all year, while 50% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 30% of travel counsellors are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 20% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 80% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 21% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 37% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 22% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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