CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Mountain State’s growing tourism industry calls for an expanding enterprise workforce to match it, and the launch of the first ever Governor’s School for Tourism will be able to help address just that.
State Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby joined Gov. Jim Justice during his regular media briefing last Wednesday to announce the new governor’s school that is expected to officially launch this summer.
“You know, with tourism booming in our state and getting better and better and better we need to train people,” Justice said. “We need to train people because these jobs are great jobs, and they’re great paying jobs.”
Ruby said the industry is expected to create an explosion of new tourism jobs. She said projections show 21,000 annual job openings in the next four years, and about half of them being in management level positions with salaries approaching $60,000 a year.
However, Ruby said the growth in the tourism industry is happening faster…
