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Tourism Management and Adventure Tourism Minor

Growth in this industry segment:

 The U.S. Travel Association projects an increase in leisure, business and international inbound travel next year that will enable the industry to add 98,800 American jobs by the end of 2013. Leisure travel is expected to rise 1.2 percent, business travel is projected to increase nearly one percent and international inbound travel will increase four percent. These job gains will increase direct travel industry employment to more than 7.6 million jobs next year (U.S. Travel Association 2013).

“Today’s jobs numbers are more good news for the travel industry. At 7.6 million jobs in October, the travel industry has created 296,000 jobs since December 2009 – adding jobs in 29 of the past 34 months. This data shows the travel industry has recovered 59 percent of the jobs lost during the Great Recession. By comparison, the rest of the economy has recouped just 51 percent of the jobs lost. Additionally, the travel industry has created jobs at 16 percent faster pace than the rest of the economy since the overall employment recovery began in March of 2010 (U.S. Travel Association 2013).

Tourism Management and Adventure Tourism Management Minor Faculty Mentors:
	Cary Countryman B-3-261 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI  49401 Phone: 616 331-8828 Fax: 616 331-3115 Email: countryc@gvsu.edu
	Seohee Chang B-3-255 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI  49401 Phone: 616 331-8868 Fax: 616 331-3115 Email: changse@gvsu.edu
	Patty Janes B-3-263 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI  49401 Phone: 616 331-3193 Fax: 616 331-3115 Email: janesp@gvsu.edu
	Robert Robins B-3-246 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Phone: (616) 331-8734 Fax: (616) 331-3115 Email: robinsr@gvsu.edu
	A. Scott Rood B-3-261 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Phone: (616) 331-8712 Fax: (616) 331-3115 Email: roodsc@gvsu.edu
	Michael Scantlebury B-3-242 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI  49401 Phone: 616 331-2705 Fax: 616 331 3115 Email: scantlem@gvsu.edu
	Paul Stansbie B-2-228 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Phone: 616 331-3160 Fax: 616 331-3115 Email: stansbp@gvsu.edu

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