SKILLS AND COMPETENCES IN THE EU TOURISM SECTOR

The tourism sector accounts for almost 25 million jobs in Europe (around 11% of the total employment). The sector provides employment both to highly qualified, as well as to low-skilled workers. It offers job opportunities to both workers who enter the job market for the first time and to people re-entering the job market. It is the largest employer of migrant workers, part-time workers, as well as female workers (more than 60% of those employed are women), and young people (40% of those employed in HORECA are less than 35 years old)/