Diploma in Tourism - Destinations and Travel Management (Optional Co-op) at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada is a diploma in Tourism & Leisure programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,477 per year (CAD 2,750 per year for local students).
The diploma covers reservations and tourism operations, together with marketing, coordinating events, and digital tools including data analytics and blockchain. Students apply this learning through practical projects, field trips in the local area, visits from industry speakers and an optional co-op placement, building toward the certifications and industry knowledge needed in tourism, with preparation to write the ACTA and TICO exams required for travel advisor certification.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or applicant age 19 or older with mature-student status. Conestoga asks for Grade 12 compulsory English at C or U level, or equivalent, or its own Preparatory Communications (COMM1251), plus Grade 11 Mathematics at C, M (University/College) or U level, or equivalent, or Preparatory Mathematics (MATH1420). Applicants whose prior instruction was not in English must demonstrate English-language proficiency; the programme page does not itself publish a domestic test-score table, so the evidence required follows Conestoga's general English-proficiency and credential-evaluation policy, and Canadian citizens or permanent residents with transcripts from outside Canada need a course-by-course evaluation from a service such as ICAS or WES. Prior service-industry experience and strong communication skills are noted as assets. To be considered for the optional co-op stream, students must achieve a minimum 70% session-weighted average with no dropped or failed courses; international students additionally need a valid work permit to participate in co-op.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
