The sale of travel agency packages reached a 7.1% growth between January and August 2024, compared to the same period in 2023 and represents 45.6% of the total income of travel agencies.
Despite this growth, the nominal income of travel agencies, so far in 2024, rose only 3.5%, thus remaining below the CPI (4.3%) , which means that their real income has been reduced throughout this year.
However, despite this drop, travel agencies have increased the number of staff hired by 3.3% and their salaries have increased by 9.1%. “This demonstrates the commitment of travel agencies in their work of promotion and marketing management for the holiday season at the end of the year,” explained Paula Cortés Calle, executive president of ANATO.
“We are very excited about the results that will come in the remainder of 2024, and we hope for greater support from the National Government in creating incentives to boost tourism, in order to maintain job creation and wage increases.
Source: ANATO.