Labor in the Tourism Industry

Since the 1980's, international tourism is an industry that has risen dramatically, as the price of traveling internationally has fallen with things such as airfares. This has created a situation where the countries with few exports suddenly have tourism to rely on, even though it is mostly a service-based industry within a country, tourism is still an export because it brings foreign money in.

Tourism is labor-intensive, meaning it employs a lot of people. And, tourism employees do not need to be highly-skilled or make long-term time commitments. Not only is it easy to just hire tourism employees, but also can be quickly done, due to the large amount of tourism employees that are mostly local people. This means that it is extremely accessible to local populations, which means that local populations can receive an economic boost from tourism; as opposed to some other exports, the money from tourism often goes directly to the local people. This gives the people who don't get as much the opportunity to profit from increased exports. Profiting from this type of employment not only increases the yearly income but greatly affects the lives of the "little people" benefiting from it.

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