Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2097
Title: European Union influence over tourism employment
Authors: Andriotis, Konstantinos 
Major Field of Science: Social Sciences
Field Category: Economics and Business
Keywords: Employment;European Union;Policies;Tourism
Issue Date: 2004
Source: Tourism: an International Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 277-284
Volume: 52
Issue: 3
Start page: 277
End page: 284
Journal: Tourism: an International Interdisciplinary Journal 
Abstract: This paper examines the role of the European Union (EU) in influencing employment in the tourism industry of its member states. Tourism in EU accounts for about 5% of GDP and approximately 7.4 million persons are directly employed in tourism. The figure of persons directly employed in tourism varies from 1.7 to 7.8 depending on the member state. Due to the potential of EU tourism for generating jobs in this paper undertakes a review over the problems related to tourism employment in member states and analyses the formation and development of EU policies and initiatives towards tourism employment. Finally, this paper discusses the implications of the findings for torism employment in EU and provides the conclusions of the study.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2097
ISSN: 18491545
Type: Article
Affiliation: Open University and Technological Education Institute of Crete, Greece 
Affiliation : Hellenic Open University 
Technological Education Institute of Crete 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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