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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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