Employees of tourism and hospitality services in Italy 2014-2022
The number of employees working for tourism and hospitality services in Italy increased significantly in 2022 over the previous year, following a dramatic drop with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. After peaking at around 1.3 million in 2019, tourism and hospitality employment in the country dropped to roughly 955 thousand in the first year of the health crisis, then bounced back to 1.29 million in 2022.