Employment In Tourism Industryworld Travel And Tourism Council Pakistan

Wttc works to raise awareness of travel tourism as one of the worlds largest economic sectors supporting one in 10 jobs 319 million worldwide.

Odisha tourism bhitarkanikafish world aqua tourism village vaikom kerala. Ptdc is owned by the government of pakistan 9975 share. Our members include over 200 ceos chairpersons and presidents of the worlds leading travel tourism companies from across the world and industries. The tourism industry is a major employer of women see table 2 figure 4 and table 2a in the excel file.

Pakistan tourism development corporation ptdc was incorporated on march 30 1970 under the repealed companies act 1913 now the companies ordinance 1984 as a public corporation limited by shares. Last year according to the council the travel and tourism sector contributed 119 to the uaes total economy. Number of jobs in the tourism sector 2010 2019.

Us17 trillion visitor exports 68 of total exports 283 of global services exports us948 billion capital investment 43 of total investment 2019 was another year of strong growth for the global travel tourism sector reinforcing its role as a driver of economic growth and job creation. Tourism is a lucrative source of foreign exchange earnings. As per the world travel and tourism councils wttc the sector contributed us 234 billion or 66 to south asias total gdp in.

Tourism creates jobs for women. In 2019 the travel and tourism industry contributed 121 percent of the regions gdp and approximately one in ten people are employed within and around it according to the world travel and tourism council wttc. It employs more than 745000 people with visitors spending 1411 billion dirhams or nearly 385 million.

But dig deeper and the story gets more. Tourism is a driver of job growth and economic prosperity accounting for 1 in 10 jobs worldwide and delivering 1 in 5 of all new jobs created in 2017. Direct contribution of travel and tourism to gdp in india 2012 2028.

Nationwide lockdowns and international. The principal objective of the corporation is to promote and develop tourism in pakistan. The largest numbers of tourists came from india saudi arabia the united kingdom china and oman.

Compared with the total non financial business economy where 36 of people employed are female the labour force of the tourism industries includes more female workers 59 than male workers. 330 million jobs 1 in 10 jobs around the world. Southeast asia relies heavily on tourism.