October
      22,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      News
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Student
      Gearing
      up
      for
      Tourism
      Apprenticeship
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      may
      seem
      an
      unusual
     
     
      time
      of
      year
      for
      someone
      to
     
     
      embark
      on
      a
      research
      tour
      to
     
     
      look
      attourism
      in
      North
      Atlan-
     
     
      tic
      Islands,
      but
      it
      suits
      the
      pur-
     
     
      poses
      of
      Laura
      Hagen.
      The
     
     
      graduate
      student
      from
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island,
      who
      has
      been
     
     
      selected
      for
      a
      1996-97
      Appren-
     
     
      ticeship
      position
      in
      the
      North
     
     
      Atlantic
      Islands
      Programme
      at
     
     
      the
      Institute
      of
      Island
      Studies,
     
     
      is
      intent
      on
      studying
      the
      whole
     
     
      issue
      of
      off-season
      tourism.
      Her
     
     
      research
      has
      convinced
      her
     
     
      that
      there
      is
      something
      to
      be
     
     
      learned
      from
      how
      other
      islands
     
     
      have
      approached
      seasonality
     
     
      in
      their
      tourism
      planning.
     
    

    
     
      "Seasonality
      has
      always
     
     
      been
      a
      hurdle
      that
      Island
      tour-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ism
      operators
      have
      had
      to
      cope
     
     
      with.
      It
      isn't
      so
      different
      in
     
     
      othercold
      water
      islands,"
      says
     
     
      Hagen."Although
      tourist
      op-
     
     
      erators
      in
      islands
      such
      as
      Ice-
     
     
      land,
      Isle
      of
      Man,
      the
      Aland
     
     
      Islands,
      Greenland,
      Newfound-
     
     
      land
      and
      the
      Faroe
      islands
      also
     
     
      enjoy
      very
      active
      short
      sum-
     
     
      mer
      seasons,
      they
      too
      are
      cap-
     
     
      tive
      to
      the
      hazards
      of
      weather,
     
     
      and
      therefore
      find
      it
      difficult
      to
     
     
      offer
      long-term
      employment
      in
     
     
      their
      sector.
     
    

    
     
      Laura
      is
      looking,
      not
      only
     
     
      at
      niches
      where
      the
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island
      tourism
      indus-
     
     
      try
      can
      find
      a
      foothold
      in
      the
     
     
      off-season,
      but
      at
      ways
      in
     
     
      which
      the
      Island
      community
     
     
      can
      work
      towards
      developing
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CCS
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ont
      oeiee
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      It
      CLEA
      EAI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      this
      sector
      in
      a
      harmonious
     
     
      manner.
      She
      feels
      that
      tourism
     
     
      must
      reflect
      or
      enhance
      the
     
     
      lifestyles
      of
      Islanders,
      and
      that
     
     
      any
      further
      development
      must
     
     
      have
      the
      full
      private
      and
      pub-
     
     
      lic
      support
      of
      the
      population
      if
     
     
      it
      is
      to
      be
      successful.
     
    

    
     
      All
      of
      the
      talk
      about
      re-
     
     
      search
      is,
      of
      course,
      secondary
     
     
      at
      the
      moment.
      The
      PEI
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      is
      now
      working
      out
      her
     
     
      itinerary,
      and
      deciding
      what
      to
     
     
      bring
      with
      her
      on
      the
      first
      leg
      of
     
     
      her
      journey,
      and
      what
      to
      pack
     
     
      for
      shipping
      later.
      She
      has
      a
     
     
      quite
      varied
      schedule,
      which
     
     
      includes
      studying
      in
      Scotland
     
     
      until
      January,
      spending
      the
      late
     
     
      winter
      and
      spring
      months
      work-
     
     
      ing
      in
      the
      Aland
      Islands
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      Isle
      of
      Man,
      and
      carrying
     
     
      out
      research
      on
      the
      other
      is-
     
     
      lands
      involved
      in
      the
      project.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      anatural
      progres-
     
     
      sion
      in
      her
      career.
      A
      graduate
     
     
      of
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island
      with
      a
      Bach-
     
     
      elor
      of
      Business
      Administra-
     
     
      tion,
      Laura
      has
      spent
      the
      last
     
     
      six
      summers
      working
      in
      the
     
     
      tourism
      industry
      on
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island.
      She
      expects
     
     
      that
      her
      experience
      over
      the
     
     
      next
      year
      will
      give
      her
      insights
     
     
      that
      she
      can
      use
      to
      promote
      an
     
    

    
     
      integrated
      approach
      to
     
     
      off-season
      tourism
      on
      the
      Is-
     
     
      land.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      is
      where
      the
      people
     
     
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      are
     
    
   
   
    
     
      v099tes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      big
      winners.
      By
      encourag-
     
     
      ing
     
    

    
     
      future
      business
      leaders
      to
     
     
      expand
      their
      expertise
      and
      busi-
     
     
      ness
      knowledge,
      and
      by
      asking
     
     
      that
      the
      apprentices
      return
      to
     
     
      theirhome
      province
      and
      apply
     
     
      their
      newly-honed
      skills
      in
      the
     
     
      local
      economy
      for
      thenext
      three
     
     
      years,
      the
      provincial
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      is
      investing
      in
      the
     
     
      economy
      of
      the
      future.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      anyone
      is
      interested
     
     
      in
      learning
      more
      about
      the
     
     
      Apprenticeship
      Programme,
     
     
      he/she
     
    

    
     
      can
      contact
      the
      Institute
     
     
      of
      Island
      Studies
      at
      the
      Univer-
     
     
      sity
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
    

    
     
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