Share of tourism in total employment in Latin American countries 2023-2024

Published by
Ana M. López,
Nov 11, 2024

In 2023 and 2024, Panama had the highest percentage of tourism employment in Latin America, with the sector accounting for 19 percent of total jobs in the country. For those same years, the tourism employment in the Dominican Republic and Uruguay accounted for the second- and third-largest shares in the region.

Travel and tourism as percentage of total employment in Latin America in 2023 and 2024, by country

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April 2024

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Central and South America

Survey time period

2023

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including direct and indirect jobs in tourism

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Report based on data from Oxford Economics, UNWTO, and national sources.

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