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Table 3.3
Travel and tourism economy and industry employment, top 10 tourism earners
and selected countries, % of total, 2010
Travel and
tourism
economy
employment
2010
Employment
tourism
industry
(% of total)
2010
Employment
tourism
economy
(% of total)
2010
Employment
tourism
industry
(% of total)
2010
Employment
tourism
economy
(% of total)
World
3.3
9.0
OECD
3.5
9.3
Top 10
tourism
earners -
advanced
countries
Top 10
tourism
earners -
emerging
and
developing
countries
Austria
4.6
11.7
Macao
(China)
46.3
87.2
France
4.4
9.2
Russian
Federation
1.4
5.6
Canada
3.2
5.0
Poland
1.9
5.1
USA
3.8
8.8
Mexico
7.3
12.7
Germany
1.8
4.6
Turkey
2.1
10.0
UK
3
6.9
Malaysia
6.6
15.7
Italy
3.6
8.4
Ukraine
1.8
7.9
Spain
2.6
14.3
Thailand
4.8
14.7
Hong Kong
(China)
5.8
12.1
China
2.7
8.3
Greece
7.7
15.3
Egypt
6.9
17.5
Other
countries
Aruba
26.5
74.7
Seychelles
22.0
55.1
Morocco
7.6
18.9
Source: (WTTC, 2011).
However, the tourism-related employment debate in less developed coun-
tries generally tends to focus on the generation of employment opportunities
for lower skilled workers, tourism as a new source of income/wages, and on
small-scale entrepreneurship in cottage industries. Similarly, in developed
countries tourism's potential contribution to employment stresses job cre-
ation and entrepreneurship, mainly in the tertiary and quaternary sectors. Yet
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