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TRAVEL & TOURISM AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL IMPACT

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TRAVEL & TOURISM AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL IMPACT

Country: International
Language: English
Year: 2021
Pages 12
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Publication Author
World Travel & Tourism Council

Description
Travel & Tourism is one of the world’s largest sectors, accounting for 10.3% of global GDP and 330 million jobs, or 1 in 10 people on the planet in 2019. The sector’s growth reached 3.5% in 2019, a rate higher than that of the global economy for the ninth consecutive year, thereby enriching local communities at a faster rate than many other sectors. Over the past five years, one in four of all new jobs created across the world has been in Travel & Tourism.

The sector has tremendous social impact on local communities and the lives and livelihoods of people touched by Travel & Tourism. Through the revenues and jobs that it provides, Travel & Tourism helps reduce poverty and improve health, housing, education, and overall well-being. It supports diversity and inclusion, employing and offering opportunities to people from all walks of life, including minorities, youth, and women. Travel & Tourism has a unique ability to further protect and engage vulnerable groups and communities while fostering innovation and preserving local heritage and culture.

In light of the devastating impact of COVID-19 on Travel & Tourism globally, there is an even more pressing need to come together to recover the hundreds of millions of jobs lost, and livelihoods impacted while advancing the social progress.

Tags: social impact, Sustainability, Tourism, travel

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