Number of tourism sector workers rises by 3.6% in October

This statistic was prepared by Turespaña based on figures provided by the Social Security system. Employment in tourism represented 12.5% of all contributors to the Spanish economy for this month.

If we consider the total number of contributors in tourism activities, the number of salaried workers increased in October by 4.4% on the same month last year, and accounts for 79.1% of the total. The self-employed - the remaining 20.9% - posted a slight increase of 0.5%.

As regards the figures by autonomous region, employment in hotel and catering and in travel agencies/tour operators rose in all regions, except Cantabria and La Rioja. In relative terms, there were noteworthy year-on-year increases in Madrid (up 4.7%) and the Balearic Islands (up 4.5%).

In terms of the total number of contributors, Catalonia is the region with the highest number, at 263,505, closely followed by Andalusia, with 258,158. Madrid stands in third place, with 223,182.

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