Learn the skills to grow your business, your community, and tourism across Northern Ontario

Tourism Excellence North (TEN) provides tourism operators, communities, and destinations with the knowledge, connections and training they need to grow and strengthen tourism across Northern Ontario.

Learn at your own pace, online or in-person

Courses and resources for tourism business owners and operators

As a resort owner, every tourism tool that I’ve taken through TEN has taken me to a new level. I think it’s an opportunity that every business should take.

Pat Peterson, Owner

Bruce Bay Cottages and Lighthouse

Self-Assessment
Best for: Accommodation providers, Operators, Tourism business owners, Tourism experience providers

Courses and tools for destinations, communities, and tourism regions

We came away with some great ideas about who we could target in the community, to work together to actually get a program launched.

Kathleen McGill, Office Manager

Whitesquall Paddling Centre

Current Training Opportunities

IN-PERSON TRAINING

'Building a Quality Tourism Destination' Best Practices Mission

Connect directly with entrepreneurs of all sizes who are leaders in attracting and serving visitors. You will see, experience and talk, peer-to-peer, about their successes and challenges. Best Practices Missions (BPM) are one of the best ways to be inspired and to learn.

ONLINE TRAINING

Experience Fishing

Experience Fishing is a Northern Ontario industry-led initiative that provides participating operators with the tools and resources needed to offer a standardized, safe, and unique fishing experience at their operations to non-angler visitors who are new to the experience of fishing.

ONLINE TRAINING

Experiential Travel Tourism Micro-Credential

Created in partnership with Tourism Excellence North (TEN) and Destination Northern Ontario (DNO), the Experiential Travel Tourism micro-credential is for learners interested in the theory, practice, and design of Experiential Tourism Development within the unique Northern Ontario setting.

ONLINE TRAINING

OPTIS/NOPTIS Micro-Credential

Our TSNN program is designed to develop and connect jobseekers and employees with available career opportunities. Our comprehensive TSNN training programs will equip you with the necessary tools and knowledge to excel in Ontario's thriving tourism industry.

At TEN, our goal is to

Strengthen Northern Ontario tourism as a whole

Give tourism operators the skills they need to grow

Create connections between the community partners and destinations

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