Hospitality and Tourism Courses

This sector has been growing steadily over the past 5 years with the growth attributed to factors such as a growing ‘foodie’ culture, the popularity among many individuals to owning a hospitality business, population growth and an increase in consumer demand. The food and beverage services workforce is made up of 777,300 workers, making it one of the largest employing sub-sectors in Australia. Tourism directly contributed $44.6 billion to Australia’s GDP in 2019. Australia hosted 8.4 million international visitors and 102.7 million domestic visitors in the year ending September 2018. Tourism is estimated to be employing approximately 924,000 Australians, across a diversity of job roles.