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Hospitality and tourism programs

Our hospitality and tourism programs help you prepare for an exciting career in the hotel, restaurant, recreation, entertainment, event and travel sectors of the tourism industry in Nova Scotia, throughout Canada and beyond.

Choose a hospitality and tourism program

Choose a hospitality and tourism program and start exploring program details, including what travel and tourism courses and hospitality courses are offered.

A hospitality and tourism student holding a clipboard checks inventory in a restaurant. Tourism Hospitality – 1 year

Students learn a broad range of knowledge and skills in this exploratory, 1-year program. This certificate prepares you to work in all tourism-related sectors anywhere in the world.

Two Hotel and Restaurant Management students stand behind a hotel reception desk and speak with a guest. Hotel and Restaurant Management – 2 years

Create, develop and manage guest experiences in dining and travel. In this diploma program, you focus your learning on the hotel and restaurant sectors of the tourism and hospitality industry. 

A hospitality and tourism student holds a phone in an airport. Tourism Management – 2 years

This diploma program prepares you for a career that focuses on the recreation, entertainment, event and travel sectors of the tourism and travel industry, including operational and management skills and concepts.

Courses in hospitality and tourism

Our hospitality, travel and tourism courses put an emphasis on problem solving, customer service, hospitality and tourism management and more. Courses you take as part of your program may cover topics like:

  • Hospitality marketing
  • Nova Scotia tourism
  • Food and beverage service
  • Festival and event planning
  • Tourism destinations and trends
  • Guest services and accommodations

Be a hospitality and tourism student

As a future student, learn about what it’s like to take a hospitality and tourism program.

Join Gabe Bajao as he goes on a familiarity tour of Nova Scotia’s South Shore with his Tourism Management (formerly called Business – Tourism) class. Read Gabe’s #DayInTheLife blog

Experience a day in the life of Leo Silva, a Hotel and Restaurant Management (formerly called Business - Hospitality) student as he attends class and works at Fresh 21. Read Leo’s #DayInTheLife blog post

Hospitality and tourism career options

With the knowledge and skills gained through an NSCC travel and tourism program, a tourism graduate’s career can take many paths – like hotel management, tour operator, customer service specialist or travel agent (to name just a few).

Explore more programs

Looking to expand your program search? View our complete list of tourism and culinary programs.

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