Tourism in Spain: number of employees 2006-2022

In 2022, the annual average amount of professionals working in the tourism industry in Spain increased over 11 percent from the previous year, reaching the highest amount recorded since at least 2006. In 2020, due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the number of employees decreased from 2.4 million in 2019 to 2.2 million.

Annual average number of workers in the tourism sector in Spain from 2006 to 2022 (in 1000's)

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Spain

Survey time period

2006 to 2022

Special properties

workers in the Spanish social security system

Supplementary notes

Data for 2021 and 2022 calculated by Statista.

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