
Caribbean: travel and tourism share of total employment 2019, by country
In 2019, the travel and tourism sector in Antigua and Barbuda contributed to nearly 91 percent of the country's total employment. This Caribbean country was by far the most tourism-dependent island in the region in terms of employment that year. Aruba ranked second in the list, with a contribution share of 84.3 percent, while Saint Lucia was third, with 78.1 percent. That same year, the total contribution of travel and tourism to employment in the whole Caribbean region was 15.2 percent.