US Travel and Tourism Industries: A Year in Review

U.S. Travel and Tourism Industries:A Year in Review (2009)Food Services & Drinking PlacesU.S. Travel and Tourism Employment• After seven consecutive years of growth, thefood services/drinking places industry cut itsworkforce by 2 percent in 2009. This, too, is thelargest decline on record.• Total employment for this industry, afterreducing its workforce by 60,000 in 2009,accounts for 2.6 million American jobs.Passenger Air Transportation Services• The passenger air transportation industrydownsized its workforce by nearly 6 percent in2009; and though not the largest reduction inlabor, the industry has reduced the size of itsworkforce in seven of the last ten years.• Total employment for this industry, afterreducing its workforce by nearly 47,000 in2009, accounts for a decade-low 758,000American jobs.Traveler Accommodations• In terms of the number of jobs eliminated,the traveler accommodations industry has beenhardest hit by the economic slowdown, scalingback its workforce by nearly 6 percent in 2009.• Total employment for this industry, afterreducing its workforce by nearly 98,000 in2009, accounts for 1.6 million American jobs.I nternational Trade Administration • Manufac turing and Ser vices • O ffice of Travel and Tourism I ndustries