“The data is conclusive: workers whose first job is in the travel industry progress further in their careers than individuals who get their start in other industries, and travel industry work experience helps Americans earn higher wages and attain an education,” said Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. “Travel jobs provide important, transferable skills that are indispensable to career success, and careers in travel deliver financial security with the majority of travel industry workers earning a middle-class income or higher.”
Titled Fast Forward: Travel Creates Opportunities and Launches Careers, the report presents case studies and summarizes BLS labor force data on how travel jobs benefit workers and how careers in the industry progress over time compared to workers who began in other industries. (BLS has tracked more than 5,000 workers, interviewing them every year between 1979 and 1994, and every two years between 1994 and 2010.)
Key findings include:
“In recent years, the travel industry has quietly emerged as one of America’s leading drivers of growth and job creation,” said David Huether, senior vice president for research and economics at U.S. Travel. “Every dollar spent on travel has a ripple effect benefitting other sectors of the economy. In fact, the travel industry injects $1.9 trillion into the U.S. economy and supports 14.4 million jobs.”
The full report is available at: www.ustravel.org/jobs.
Contact:
Cathy Keefe 202-408-2183
The U.S. Travel Association is the national, non-profit organization representing all components of the travel industry that generates $1.9 trillion in economic output and supports 14.4 million jobs. U.S. Travel’s mission is to increase travel to and within the United States.
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