U.S. Travel and Tourism Industry Provided 7.6 Million Jobs in 2013
Photo Caption: American Airlines employees at LaGuardia Airport examing the airline's then-new livery. Dennis Schaal
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The travel and tourism industry consists of an extremely broad range of businesses and services, and there was broad yet modest employment gains across many of its sectors.
Hotels have seldom been busier, restaurants have wait times, and planes, as we know, are packed.
The U.S. travel and tourism industriy is rebounding from the recession and is enjoying revived demand from domestic travelers and foreign visitors, which results in more jobs across travel sectors.
Travel and tourism-related employment increased 1.9 percent to 7.6 million jobs in 2013, a gain of 146,000 jobs from 2012, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The larger workforce comes directly as a result of a 4 percent increase
