As growth momentum continues, the travel and tourism sector is expected to add 5.82 billion jobs nationwide by 2033, the head of NLB Services, a global technology and digital talent solutions provider, said on Monday. Stated.
“The growing synergies of the sector have led to reliable job creation in both first- and second-tier regions across the country. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, the tourism sector generated 39 million “During the recovery period from the pandemic, this was one of the sectors that witnessed the fastest recovery,” said Sachin Arg, CEO of NLB Services. said in a statement.
Incidentally, the demand for talent in the tourism sector is expected to register a 44% jump in August 2023, adding an additional 1.6 million jobs in the 2023 calendar year, he said.
He added that the travel and tourism sector is expected to add 58.2 million jobs nationwide by 2033 as growth momentum continues.
Serving as an important source of foreign exchange, travel and tourism, its contribution to the Indian economy was 15.9 billion rupees ($191.25 billion) in 2022 and is estimated at 16.5 billion rupees in 2023. he pointed out.
From a city perspective, the top five states that have attracted domestic tourists so far include Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra, Arg said. That’s what it means.
He added that cities that are driving employment growth in this sector include Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Kochi, while tier-2 cities include Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Ta.
Argue said some of the prominent jobs that have experienced a year-on-year increase and will continue to be in demand include sales jobs (18%), business development jobs (17%), chefs (15%), and travel consultants (15%). %), tour operators (15%), travel agents (15%), hoteliers (15%), guides (20%), wildlife experts (12%), transport operators (15%), etc.
He said the travel and tourism sector is also undergoing a transformation, with many new subsets such as destination wedding travel, religious tourism, international tourism, adventure sports tourism, ecotourism, cultural tourism and rural tourism entering the new decade. He said it was on the rise.
Another interesting rise is sustainable tourism. It has seen considerable adoption worldwide, with the market reaching his $180 billion mark.
He further said that companies are adopting gig models to address talent shortages and meet growing demand in this sector.
Since January 2023, job openings for jobs such as translators, photographers and tour guides in the travel and tourism sector have increased by 14% and are expected to grow by another 18-20% over the next two years. Arg added.
