UAE travel and tourism sector to add another 7,000 jobs in 2023 for third straight year of growth

UAE travel and tourism sector to add another 7,000 jobs in 2023 for third straight year of growth

Dubai: UAE’s travel and tourism industry keeps creating jobs, with a further 7,000 new hires set to happen this year. If so, this would be the third straight year of workforce expansion in the industry, with airlines leading the way and now being followed by major hotel operators. Another reason is that more hotels are scheduled to open through the year, each of which would then set off more jobs. “With the additional 6,900 jobs forecast for 2023, the sector (in the UAE) is expected to employee 758,000 workers,” said Julia Simpson, President and CEO of World Travel and Tourism Council, which this morning (May 17) released its latest Economic Impact Research. Travel and tourism businesses in the UAE added a whopping 89,320 jobs last year. The sector is to contribute Dh180.6 billion to the UAE economy this year compared to 2022’s Dh167 billion. This represents nearly 10 per cent of the GDP. The sector’s recovery - driven by increased travel and tourism spending, investments in hotels, government-private sector initiatives – has kept the job creation momentum going. “These jobs will be created in every aspect – hotels, aviation, airports, airlines, cruise lines, as well as OTAs (online travel agencies)