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  Tourism Glossary Hello, my name is Maxence and I am a tourism student. today I will present you a quick glossary about some complicated terms of the industry. By knowing these terms you will be able to understand my blogs easier and you will also understand some terms that you hear basically everyday when travelling or working in the tourism industry. cegep :      Noun                        College of professional and general education                        Exemple: She'll be going to cegep next month                      Fr: Cégep                  tourism:       noun                      the commercial organizatio...

Introduction

 Once you reach CEGEP, you have a lot of programs to choose from, some are really popular like science or social science but others, like mine, are rare to find and you don't hear a lot from them. After doing one year in social science in my hometown of Gatineau, I already knew that this program was not for me. That's when I heard that there was a tourism program in Laval and I  knew immediately it was the right one for me.  I have travel a lot in my life going to places like Ghana, in west Africa, and Nicaragua in central america. I also did my first backpack trip in the summer of 2019, travelling from one coast to the other of Canada (Halifax to Vancouver passing by Toronto, Calgary, the Canadien Rockies and many more) alone for 2 monts. I did all of that before the age of 19 years old. Some will say I am an unusual traveler because I went to places that are not known for their tourism but I think that having this experience at such a young age will help me be a really ...