Typically, the industry provides 15,000 to 17,000 full-time, part-time, seasonal, and year-round jobs.
According to Tourism HR Canada, in September 2024, 10,300 full-time and part-time employees worked in Tourism on PEI.
Prince Edward Island tourism employment accounted for 8.5 percent of all employment in the province. Food and beverage services was the largest employer in the sector, and recreation and entertainment had the highest unemployment rate.
According to the TIAPEI Workforce Action Plan from May 2022, looking over the horizon, tourism employment projections are very healthy, pointing to enormous gains in job opportunities by 2026, led by restaurants, conferences, and other hospitality businesses.
Categories of work include:
- Accommodations: Housekeeping, front desk, general managers, and supervisors.
- Food & Beverage Services: Servers, bartenders, line cooks, chefs, kitchen staff, front end workers, supervisors and managers
- Travel Services: Visitor information counsellors and tour guides
- Transportation: Ferry boat captains, airport, taxi drivers, and motor coach drivers
- Recreation & Entertainment: Golf courses, bike rentals, outdoor adventures, and cultural events.
Tourism Scholarship Application Form
TIAPEI Scholarship application program for PEI Residents.
Business in the Open Podcast – Join Vanessa Smith of Refy Agency as she talks to entrepreneurs on PEI in the Tourism sector:
PEI Tourism news you can use:
- In the first episode for Season 3, host Vanessa Smith welcomes Marsha Doiron to share her background growing up on PEI . Marsha and her husband Adam then expanded into multiple ventures, including renovating and selling a downtown building, purchasing a seniors’ home in Fredericton, acquiring a campground, retail properties in Cavendish and Kindred Spirits Country Inn & Cottages, buying the PEI Preserve Company in 2022, launching seasonal Stoked Pizza, franchising three Mezza Lebanese Kitchen locations, and most recently acquiring Linkletter Welding.
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For more information about jobs on PEI, training options, and more, visit:
Tourism Industry Association of PEI
Training and certification programs for most tourism jobs: www.emerit.skillsbuilder.co
More information about training, jobs, and videos: www.discovertourism.ca
Occupational Profiles
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