Why can tourism promote employment?

Tourism is the best choice for the government to promote employment because of its large employment capacity, strong linkage and flexible working methods.

1. Tourism has a large employment capacity and great potential.

Tourism is a labor-intensive industry, and its characteristic industries account for more than traditional intensive industries such as manufacturing and emerging service industries such as real estate and finance. The tourism market is huge. In 2007, China's tourism economic income was more than 3,360 billion yuan, accounting for 12.2% of China's GDP. There is no doubt that such a large market needs a large number of employees. According to statistics, among the 77.4 million new jobs in the tertiary industry in China in the last 10 year of the last century, the direct and indirect employment in tourism accounted for 38%, and the growth rate was in the forefront; In addition, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Tourism Administration, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and other ministries have set the goal of creating about 700,000 tourism jobs every year during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, which shows that the tourism industry not only has huge employment capacity, but also has great employment potential. At present, there are 60 million direct and indirect employees in the national tourism industry.

2. Tourism is highly relevant and driving force.

According to the data of the World Tourism Organization, for every direct income of tourism 1 USD, the income of related industries can increase 4.3 yuan; Every time tourism creates 1 direct employment opportunities, society can increase 5~7 indirect employment jobs. Tourism involves a wide range of fields, not only covering food, shelter and transportation; It also includes travel, shopping and entertainment. Wu Wenxue, director of the Financial Planning Department of the National Tourism Administration, once said that the number of departments directly or indirectly related to tourism can exceed 100. According to statistics, from June to September, 2007, the number of new jobs in Chengdu's tourism industry reached10.4 million, which indirectly led to 70 thousand jobs (incomplete statistics), which well explained the relevance of tourism and the potential of solving employment.

3. Flexible and inclusive employment methods.

Tourism involves a wide range of fields, and the demand for talents is diversified. According to different industry categories and work levels, workers at different levels can find jobs that suit them. This industry needs not only some highly educated and knowledgeable management and planning talents, but also ordinary labor with simple skills. Moreover, the demand for simple labor is often relatively large, and it can also take care of re-employment, rural population and employment of vulnerable groups. It is said that the low threshold of tourism is mainly aimed at these jobs that require simple skills. In addition, due to the strong seasonality of some scenic spots, related jobs will have some stages and liquidity, which makes some jobs flexible and can absorb more labor in a more flexible form of employment.