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The hospitality and tourism industry is an extremely diversified and dynamic sector which has enjoyed a sustained period of growth over the last 30 years and now accounts for nearly 5% of the UK’s total economic output. In their 2008 publication ‘
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May 2009, People 1st, the Sector Skills Council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism, highlighted some key statistics:-
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• Over 1.9 million people work in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industries, accounting for 1 in 14 UK jobs.
• The majority (83%) of the workforce is based in England, with 10% in Scotland, 5% in Wales and 2% in Northern Ireland.
• There are more women than men working in the sector – 59% of the workforce is female.
• The sector is reliant on a young workforce – only 16% are aged over 50; 63% are under the age of 40; 33% under the age of 25, with 15% aged 16-19, (many of whom are also in full time education).
• 46% of the workforce is part time, 16% of who are full-time students. • 22% of the workforce was born overseas.
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• Labour turnover currently stands at 31% - equal to the overall UK figure. • A high proportion of vacancies are identified as ‘skills shortage’ vacancies. • Whilst, along with the rest of the economy, trading will be tough in the short
term, in the long term the sector is still predicted to grow and remain an important contributor to the UK economy.
• Total employment in the sector is forecast to grow by nearly 10% - 208,000 additional jobs by 2017. When replacement demand is taken into account, projections indicate that a total of 1,063,000 additional people will be required to work in the sector between 2007 and 2017. This figure includes 290,000 managers and 61,000 chefs.
• It is estimated that approximately 170,000 people are working towards hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism qualifications in the United Kingdom. Three-quarters are studying full-time at further educational colleges or on work based learning programmes such as apprenticeships. 20% of learners are working towards qualifications in schools, and 5% at universities.
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that demand for graduates will grow as there will be 69,000 more managerial jobs in the sector in 2017 than in 2007.
The government’s Tourism Strategy – “Tomorrows Tourism Today” – seeks to create many additional new jobs that will require a substantive and sustained investment in new skills and qualifications, particularly for those working in jobs requiring supervisory, management and chef skills. Much still needs to be done when the strategy is contrasted with the findings in the State of the Nation report which
7 rns ad Saitc’ the British Hospitality Association reported that the size of the
industry – at £110.6bn – is in excess of the official government estimate and is already above the government’s 2012 growth target of £100bn. The industry, unlike many others, remains very labour intensive.
In their State of the Nation Report launched in
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