The annual average amount of professionals working in the tourism industry in Spain decreased in 2020 from nearly 2.5 million to some 2.22 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, as of December 31, workers on furlough amounted to hundreds of thousands.
Annual average number of workers in the tourism sector in Spain from 2006 to 2020
(in 1000's)
* Workers can count as more than one according to the number of jobs they pay taxes for.
Activities within the tourism sector (CNAE 2009):
55: Accommodation
56: Food and beverage activities
49.1: Passenger rail transport, interurban
49.3: Other passenger land transport
50.1: Sea and coastal passenger water transport
50.3: Inland passenger water transport
51.1: Passenger air transport
52.2: Support activities for transportation
77.1: Renting and leasing of motor vehicles
77.3: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods
79: Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities
90: Creative, arts and entertainment activities
91: Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
93: Sport activities and amusement and recreation activities
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Subdirección General de Conocimiento y Estudios Turísticos. (February 11, 2021). Annual average number of workers in the tourism sector in Spain from 2006 to 2020 (in 1000's) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/773627/annual-average-number-of-workers-in-spain/
Subdirección General de Conocimiento y Estudios Turísticos. "Annual average number of workers in the tourism sector in Spain from 2006 to 2020 (in 1000's)." Chart. February 11, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/773627/annual-average-number-of-workers-in-spain/
Subdirección General de Conocimiento y Estudios Turísticos. (2021). Annual average number of workers in the tourism sector in Spain from 2006 to 2020 (in 1000's). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/773627/annual-average-number-of-workers-in-spain/
Subdirección General de Conocimiento y Estudios Turísticos. "Annual Average Number of Workers in The Tourism Sector in Spain from 2006 to 2020 (in 1000's)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/773627/annual-average-number-of-workers-in-spain/
Subdirección General de Conocimiento y Estudios Turísticos, Annual average number of workers in the tourism sector in Spain from 2006 to 2020 (in 1000's) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/773627/annual-average-number-of-workers-in-spain/ (last visited May 25, 2022)