Tourism Employment Numbers Plagued by Seasonality and High Turnover Rates
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It might be impossible to ever nail down exact employment data, but learning about the industry's challenges is an important step towards improving problems that lead to high turnover and stunt development.
The travel industry is the world’s largest, but it can be difficult to measure exact employment in companies that range from one person to millions of employees across sectors as diverse as tour operators and airlines around the world.
Despite these challenges, a new report Measuring Employment in the Tourism Industries from the United Nations World Tourism Organization underlines the need for better quality and comparison of tourism employment statistics and prescribes guidelines for doing so. It cites the ability to better monitor markets, attract new talent, and effectively use labor as benefits to getting a s
