White Paper For Hospitality In Europe Towards Sustainable Tourism In Europe

January 23, 2019

The hospitality sector is one of the key drivers of the European economy, both in terms of employment as well as of direct contribution to the economy (close to 5% of GDP*). Indeed, the hospitality industry alone created 1,6 million new jobs between 2013 and 2016 taking its workforce from 10,3 million employees to 11,9 million, while the number of enterprises raised from 1,82 to almost 2 million. Together with tourism, the hospitality sector is the 3rd largest socio-economic activity in the EU.

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Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) is the state’s peak industry body representing the interests of Queensland’s tourism businesses. Since 2001, QTIC has worked to influence and shape the state’s tourism business environment that directly contributes $23 billion to the Queensland’s economy and employs more than 235,000 Queenslanders.

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