Mexico: tourism employment amounts to 4 million 678 thousand people in the first quarter of the year
The Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marqués, reported that this figure represents an increase of 1.6% compared to the three previous months
Torruco Marqués, announced that the employed population in the tourism sector in Mexico amounted to 4 million 678 thousand people employed in the first quarter of 2023.
The head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) indicated that in the period January-March 2023, tourism employment represented 8.9% of national employment.
He highlighted that the recovery in tourism employment continues, showing, from January to March 2023, a growth of 1.6%, equivalent to 74 thousand 269 more employed people, compared to the 4 million 604 thousand people in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Torruco Marqués pointed out that in his annual comparison, an increase of 289 thousand 974 people was observed employed in the sector that produces tourism goods and services, equivalent to a growth of 6.6% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
He stressed that tourism employment in the first quarter of 2023 exceeded by 4.2%, that is, 190,675 people, the historical number of personnel employed in the tourism sector in the first quarter of 2020, prior to the pandemic, when 4 million were registered. 487 thousand people employed.
The calculation of Tourism Employment for the first quarter of 2023 was made based on the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (New Edition) (ENOEN) of INEGI and the methodology approved by the Specialized Technical Committee of Economic Statistics of the Tourism Sector (CTEEEST), made up of INEGI, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS), the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) and Sectur.
When highlighting the growth of tourism employment in Mexico, the head of Sectur emphasized the importance of the private initiative, made up of micro, small and medium-sized companies, together with large companies, which in coordination with the three levels of government develop products and tourist services that allow more people to be employed in this sector.
In the same way, they contribute to detonate the economic flow in the 235 places with a tourist vocation in our country, for the benefit of the population, and in compliance with the premise of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, of making tourism a tool for social reconciliation.