According to the ministry, the number of people employed in the tourism sector increased by 69,580 in August, reaching a total of 3 million workers. This represents a 2.3 percent increase compared with the same month last year. Tourism employment accounted for 13.8 percent of total employment within the national labour market, which grew by 2.1 percent year-on-year in August. The ministry highlighted that 37,584 of the increase in tourism employment came from the accommodation, food and beverage sector.
Salaried Employment Continues To Increase
The ministry highlighted that the number of people employed in the tourism sector increased by 2.5 percent during the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier. By subsector, salaried employment decreased by 2.2 percent among travel agencies and tour operators, while it increased by 2.1 percent in the hotel and restaurant sector. The same rate of growth was recorded in both accommodation services and food and beverage services.
The ministry also noted that the number of self-employed workers in the tourism sector increased by 1.4 percent.
