{"id":120244,"date":"2019-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/in-2017-over-13-million-people-in-the-eu-were-engaged-in-tourism-related-economic-activities\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:14:24","slug":"in-2017-over-13-million-people-in-the-eu-were-engaged-in-tourism-related-economic-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/in-2017-over-13-million-people-in-the-eu-were-engaged-in-tourism-related-economic-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2017, over 13 million people in the EU were engaged in tourism-related economic activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Over 13 million people in the European Union were engaged in tourism-related economic activities in 2017; nearly 8 million worked in the food and beverage industry, and 2 million in transport, according to data published by the European Statistical Office, Eurostat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the three industries that depend almost entirely on tourism (accommodation, travel agencies\/tour operators, and air transport), 3.6 million people are employed.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many people worked in EU tourism in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 13 million people were engaged in tourism-related economic activities across the European Union in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the main economic sectors related to tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main sectors include food and beverage services (8 million employees), transport (2 million), and accommodation services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many employees are in industries strictly dependent on tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approximately 3.6 million people are employed in the accommodation, travel agency\/tour operator, and air transport sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 13 million people in the European Union were engaged in tourism-related economic activities in 2017; nearly 8 million worked in the food and beverage industry, and 2 million in transport, according to data published by the European Statistical Office, Eurostat. In the three industries that depend almost entirely on tourism (accommodation, travel agencies\/tour operators,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120244"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}