Reopening of gaming establishments last year helped the recreation, entertainment and cultural services industry recover their workers last year, lifting overall tourism employment by almost five percent.
REOPENING of gaming establishments last year helped the recreation, entertainment and cultural services industry recover their workers last year, lifting overall tourism employment by almost five percent.
Government lowered the Covid-risk status in Metro Manila to Alert Level 3 in late October, which allowed casinos, horse racing, cockfighting, lottery and other gaming establishments to operate at 30-percent capacity. Overall, the PSA said “employed persons in the tourism industries registered 4.9 million in 2021, which was higher by 4.6 percent than the 4.68 million in the previous year.” Jobs in the sector accounted for 11.1 percent of the total employment in the country.WHILE the uptrend in tourism jobs is welcome news, this was still below the pre-pandemic 5.7 million employed in 2019, which grew by 5.36 percent from the previous year. Tourism jobs also accounted for a much higher 13.
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