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Table 5.8.11: Labour market participation: Involvement in tourism sectors<br />

Employment: Tourism Sectors Male Female Total<br />

Taxi Driver 4 22.22% 0 0.00% 4 12.90%<br />

Tour Operator 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%<br />

Hotel Workers 2 11.11% 1 7.69% 3 9.68%<br />

Restaurant Workers 0 0.00% 1 7.69% 1 3.23%<br />

Craft sellers or vendors 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%<br />

Informal tour guides 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%<br />

Privately owned business 1 5.56% 0 0.00% 1 3.23%<br />

Other 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%<br />

Did not answer 11 61.11% 11 84.62% 22 70.97%<br />

There were 16 respondents that indicated working in sectors other than tourism. The largest proportion of<br />

which were employed in construction <strong>and</strong> self employment (12.9% each), followed by education (9.7%).<br />

Two people worked in each the banking sector <strong>and</strong> government. One respondent indicated working in the<br />

mechanical/technical sector. Responses are indicated in Table 5.8.12 below.<br />

Table 5.8.12: Labour market participation: Involvement in non-tourism sectors<br />

Employment: Non-Tourism Sectors Male Female Total<br />

Administration 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Agriculture 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Banking/Financial 0 0.0% 2 15.4% 2 6.5%<br />

Building/Construction 4 22.2% 0 0.0% 4 12.9%<br />

Domestic worker 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Education 1 5.6% 2 15.4% 3 9.7%<br />

Manufacturing 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Mechanical/Technical 1 5.6% 0 0.0% 1 3.2%<br />

Retail Sales <strong>and</strong> Services 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Health Services 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Government Worker 1 5.6% 1 7.7% 2 6.5%<br />

Information Technology 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Science/Technology 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Self Employed 1 5.6% 3 23.1% 4 12.9%<br />

Student 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Transportation 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Did not answer 10 55.6% 5 38.5% 15 48.4%<br />

Other 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%<br />

Participation in the tourism sector is relatively low amongst respondents, with a larger proportion of<br />

tourism workers being male. Construction <strong>and</strong> self-employment, similar to national findings are also<br />

popular sectors of employment amongst the sample.<br />

5.8.4. Food Security<br />

Overwhelmingly, respondents (100%) indicated that their food supply was procured from grocery stores or<br />

super markets. Also, 19.4% of respondents also indicated that their food was grown by family <strong>and</strong> other<br />

sources of food included Community Shops (25%).<br />

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