Employment in Italian hotels hit record high in 2023

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 9 - The hotel sector in Italy has been growing after a downturn registered during the Covid pandemic with a record 224,026 workers employed on average in 2023 and a maximum peak of 313,506 employees in July, according to a survey conducted by hoteliers' association Federalberghi based on INPS data.
    The research was carried out in cooperation with national tourism agency EBNT and presented at the TTG Travel experience event.
    The "record" employment figure has "never occurred in the sector's history", said Federalberghi President Bernabò Bocca.
    "The previous peak of 210,132 workers was in 2019, the year before the pandemic.
    "Youths and women represented the majority of employees" with foreign workers "giving an essential contribution", he said.
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