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ADE
2020-1-TR01-KA226-VET-098418

Bridging the gap-

Guide for stakeholders/labour market in

VET in the field of tourism

Tourism stakeholders, Labour market and VET in Europe

Tourism is a major economic factor in Europe with thousands of companies earning their

income within the sector and employing millions of people.

Statista published in Europe is the global leader in international tourism,

November 2022 that accounting for roughly two-thirds of international tourist
tourism contributes about arrivals worldwide. The growth rate of inbound tourism in

1.450 bn USD to the the region accelerated in the 2010s, with Europe reporting a
European GDP and peak of 745 million international visitors in 2019. With the

thereby provides nearly 35 onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, the

million jobs to European volume of inbound tourists dropped dramatically, as
employment. lockdowns and emergency measures adopted during the
health crisis disrupted non-essential travel worldwide. In

2021, the total contribution of travel and tourism to European
The tourism sector was hit GDP partially recovered from the impact of COVID-19,

hard by the COVID
amounting to 1,450 billion U.S. dollars. While this figure
pandemic in 2020 and
rose by 28 percent from 2020, it remained way below pre-
2021 (see statistical figures pandemic levels. Meanwhile, the contribution of travel and
in box), but not only did
tourism to the European job market grew by nearly five
the sector’s ability to
percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, with these
generate income suffer, industries generating, directly and indirectly, approximately

also the training of new or
35 thousand jobs. Source:
existing staff was not
https://www.statista.com/topics/3848/travel-and-tourism-in-
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