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Tourism employment in the Valencian Community will grow by 11.7% in 2024 and exceed 300,000 employees for the first time

 

 

• The province of Valencia is the one with the highest number of employees in the tourism industry with 163,400, 30.3% more than in 2023, followed by Alicante with 107,100 and Castellón with 31,400 employees.
• Councillor Marián Cano highlights that “these are very good results” and confirms that the tourism sector “is not only an important driver for the economy, but also for employment”
• Tourism employment in the Valencian Community will grow by 11.7% in 2024 with an annual average of 301,800 employees, the highest number of employees in the historical series, according to the latest report prepared by Turisme Comunitat Valenciana regarding the evolution of the Active Employment Survey (EPA) in the tourism industry in the fourth quarter of the year and the average for 2024.

This is a significant increase compared to the average increase in employment in the Community, which stood at an increase of 1.8% year-on-year.

According to the aforementioned publication, the number of people employed in tourism activities, which includes transport, accommodation, catering, operators and travel agencies, vehicle rental, culture and leisure, increased in absolute terms by 31,550 people in the Valencian Community during the last year.

By province, Valencia is the one with the highest number of employees in the tourism industry in 2024, with an average of 163,400 employees, 30.3% more than in 2023; it is followed by Alicante, with 107,100; and Castellón, with 31,400 workers.

The number of employees has also been positive in all sectors of tourism. In the hotel and catering industry, the increase was 13.6% with 174,000 employees in food and beverage services, which is 20,900 more employees than the average for 2023. In the accommodation service, the number of employees amounts to 32,200, 7.1% higher than in 2023, which in absolute terms represents 2,200 more employees and 4,200 more than in 2019.

For the regional minister for Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism, Marián Cano, “these are very good results, which confirm that the tourism sector is, in addition to being an important driver for the economy, also for employment” and she has ratified the “absolute commitment of the Consell” to the development and promotion of tourism.

Cano also wanted to emphasise that “this growth in tourist employment confirms that the Valencian Community is, once again, facing a record year”, and these are figures that support, in his opinion, that “the destination is moving towards a higher quality and more diversified tourism model, in line with the tourism policies promoted by the current Consell”.

The Valencian Community leads growth in the last quarter of 2024

Furthermore, according to a report published by Turespaña, in the fourth quarter of 2024 the Valencian Community led the increase in tourism employment with 21.5% more employees year-on-year, followed by Madrid with an increase of 17.9%.

Specifically, the data show that, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the Valencian Community registered a total of 309,540 workers employed in tourism, a figure that represents 21.5% more than in the same quarter of 2023.